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MINISTER
QUESTION NO. 1135 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
A draft reply to Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to the above-mentioned question is
enclosed for your consideration.
Ms Nosipho Ngcaba
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DATE:
DRAFT REPLY APPROVED/AMENDED
MRS B E E MOLEWA, MP
MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DATE:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(For written reply)
QUESTION NO. 1135
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8 NW1258E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 31 March 2011
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Environmental
Affairs:
How many upper air soundings have been completed since 15 December 2010
at each location where upper air soundings are performed by the SA
African Weather Service?
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA)
SECRETARY TO PARLIAMENT
HANSARD
PAPERS OFFICE
PRESS
1135. THE MINISTER OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ANSWERS:
SAWS upper air network completed 1Â 110 upper air ascents in the last
quarter of the 2010/11 financial year. A total of 383 ascents were made
at all SAWSâs upper air stations from 1 December 2010 to 31 December
2010. Of these, 188 were made in the period from December 15 to
December 31 2010 (see Table below).
STATION |Irene WO |Bloemfontein WO |King Shaka Int WO |Cape Town |Port
Elizabeth WO |Upington WO |Polokwane WO |Springbok WO |Bethlehem WO |De Aar
WO |Gough Island |Marion Island |SA Agulhas | | |SYNOP |68263 |68442
|68588 |68816 |68842 |68424 |68174 |68512 |68461 |68538 |68904 |68994 |ZSAF
|Month Total | |1 Dec.â-31 Dec. â10 |62 |26 |58 |62 |30 |30 |Â |Â |Â |26
|59 |30 |Â |383 | |15 Dec-31 Dec â10 |32 |11 |28 |32 |15 |15 |Â |Â |Â |11
|29 |15 |Â |188 | |Jan. â11 |59 |29 |55 |62 |29 |31 |Â |Â |Â |24 |61 |29 |Â
|379 | |Feb. â11 |39 |28 |Â |46 |28 |17 |Â |3 |Â |22 |Â |27 |Â |210 | |Mar
â11 |6 |31 |Â |29 |27 |10 |Â |Â |Â |7 |Â |28 |Â |138 | |Total |166 |114
|113 |199 |114 |88 |Â |3 |Â |79 |120 |114 |Â |1110 | |
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