Brace for a chilly weekend as snow predicted for parts of the country | News24

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of a chance of snow in the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape on Sunday. (Supplied/Mahindra Warden)

At least three provinces can brace themselves for an icy weekend as snow is expected to fall from Sunday onwards.

According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS), there is a good chance of snow in the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape on Sunday.

More snow is also expected in these areas on Monday.

Snow is predicted for the northern high ground of the Eastern Cape, potentially moving to the northern high grounds of the other two provinces.

On Thursday, forecaster Wayne Venter said SAWS could not say what would happen after Monday because the system was difficult to predict. 

“It is still quite far in advance, but at the moment we don’t have anything for Gauteng in terms of snow. It remains in the high-lying areas of these three provinces,” he said.

“It all depends on where the system is going to move closer to the weekend because it still needs to develop,” the SAWS said.

Cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern high-lying areas of the Namakwa region in the Northern Cape as well as the central interior and the central Karoo of the Western Cape until Saturday evening.

The weather in your region

Fine and cool temperatures are forecast for Gauteng.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Mpumalanga will be fine and cool, but warm on the Lowveld.

Fine and warm conditions are expected in Limpopo.

The North West can expect fine and cool to warm temperatures.

Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions are forecast for the Free State.

The Northern Cape will have morning fog in places in the west.

It will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east.

The wind along the coast will be a light to moderate south-westerly.

Cloudy and cool to cold temperatures are expected in the Western Cape, with isolated to scattered showers along the south coast and adjacent interior in the morning.

It will be partly cloudy and cool in the west and south-west.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is low.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy and cold temperatures are forecast, with isolated showers and rain.

The wind along the coast will be a moderate south-westerly, becoming fresh to strong south-easterly in the afternoon.

Partly cloudy and cold to cool conditions are forecast for the eastern half of the province, but it will be cloudy in places south of the escarpment, with isolated showers and rain, but scattered in the south-west in the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming fresh to strong south-easterly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal can expect partly cloudy and cool conditions, but it will be warm in the north-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.