Snow, damaging winds and rain hit as cold front sweeps across country

On Wednesday isolated showers and rain will dominate over the Western Cape, the eastern part of the Northern Cape, the Free State, the southern part of the North West and southern Gauteng, into Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the western half of the Eastern Cape. 

For the eastern half of the Eastern Cape, scattered showers and rain are expected into the afternoon, covering the southern parts of KZN, with snowfall expected over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape into the Lesotho mountains.

“In our warnings for tomorrow, we have a possibility of some disruptive snow over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, which may also lead to some icy roads. It is a yellow level 1, which means we’re expecting minor impacts, with a medium likelihood of this disruptive snow happening, especially over areas north of Nxuba (Cradock) to areas around Maletswai (Aliwal North) and most parts of the Drakensberg mountains that lead to Lesotho.”

Pretoria residents can expect a fine day on Tuesday, with a maximum of 20ºC.

On Wednesday the fine conditions will start in the morning into the afternoon, where the temperatures are expected to peak at 21ºC, but partly cloudy conditions are expected later in the afternoon in Pretoria into the evening. 

“Once you get to Thursday, cloudy conditions are expected with cold temperatures and the possibility of rain showers from early morning into the afternoon, a maximum of 12ºC expected, with a minimum of 8ºC on Thursday in Pretoria.

“On Friday temperatures will start to pick up, with a maximum of 17ºC.”

The fine conditions will become partly cloudy by the afternoon on Saturday.

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