Two successive cold fronts, snow set to hit Western Cape
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Cape Town – Two successive cold fronts are expected to move in over the Western Cape, starting on Thursday.
This will result in rainy, cold and windy conditions as the weather system propagates eastwards over the southern parts of the country, the SA Weather Service (SAWS) said in a statement.
A secondary cold front will make landfall on Friday, causing rainfall and light snowfall to persist over the Western Cape.
A Yellow level 2 warning has been issued for rain resulting in localised flooding expected over the Cape Metropole, western parts of the Cape Winelands and the western parts of the Overberg Districts on Thursday into Friday.
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Cape Town weather warning: Prepare for localised flooding
5 May 2021 7:47 AM
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Henning Grobler of SA Weather Services forecasts continuous thundershowers over the Cape metropole area from Wednesday afternoon.
The SA Weather Service has issued a number of warnings relating to rain and flooding.
Refilwe Moloto speaks to forecaster Henning Grobler of the SA Weather Services Cape Town office.
We have seen this upper air system that is starting to develop, which was communicated over the weekend so we knew what was expected this week.
Henning Grobler, Forecaster - SA Weather Services
Grobler says the upper air system has developed strongly over the last two days.
Warning of stormy weather over parts of Western Cape Updated
Anastasi Mokgobu
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The South African Weather Service has warned of stormy weather over parts of the Western Cape on Wednesday and Thursday.
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The first real cold front of the year will see widespread showers and thundershowers, strong winds, and very rough sea conditions.
The weather services says the cold temperatures will affect the south-west coast.
“A cut-off low pressure is expected to develop along the south-west coast of the Western Cape on
Wednesday and will position itself along the coast around Saldanha Bay in the evening,” the weather service said in a statement.