Our Members
Graeme Fick
Graeme is a born and bred Capetonian. He joined the South African Weather Bureau in 1974. Sixteen years later he joined Koeberg’s meteorological section. Graeme gained a wide range of experiences that ranges from installing and monitoring automatic weather stations to electronics to a deep knowledge for computers. Graeme has been forecasting weather since 1981 and he is of the opinion that forecasting should be a service that is paid for and the paying customers should be refunded if the forecast is wrong. Graeme is our essential “Weather Guru”.
National Diploma for Technicians in Meterology (1976)
National Diploma in Datametrics from UNISA (1983)
National Diploma in Datametrics from UNISA (1983)
Johan “Lappies” Labuschagne
Lappies has a wide range of experience. He spent 38 years with the Weather Bureau, most of those as a forecaster. He occupied various leadership positions in the Weather Bureau, from Head of Station to Training and Technical Manager. He was involved in the installation of the first automatic weather station in South Africa. He also developed specific forecasting tools. He initially joined Cape Weatherwise International working on observations, forecasting, climatological analysis, development and construction on whatever projects came their way. But in 2001 he filled a large void in the company when he became the financial member having completed a course in computerised financial systems.
National Diploma for Technicians in Meteorology (1961)