According to the South African Weather Service, these record-breaking temperatures were the result of strong offshore (northerly to northeasterly winds) conditions along the west coast of South Africa associated with a surface trough off the western part of the country and a dominating high pre.
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SA Weather Service forecaster Kanyisa Makubalo said that an intense cold front is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening over the south-western parts of the Western Cape.