Simulation of cut-off low rainfall over the Western Cape. (IMAGE)

University of Cape Town - Faculty of Science

Simulation of cut-off low rainfall over the Western Cape.

Caption

Panels a-e show the precipitation (shaded, mm), while Panels f-o show the difference in precipitation (shaded, mm) between the sensitivity experiments and control of the daily accumulated precipitation. The last column for (Panels e, j, and o) displays the total amount/difference of precipitation (shaded, mm) over the duration of the COL event.

Credit

Jansen CL, Abiodun BJ, Makinde AI, Abba Omar S (2026) Cut-off low–induced extreme rainfall in the Western Cape, South Africa: The roles of the Agulhas and Benguela current systems. Atmos. Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.109220

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