WEATHER: Snow, winds, heavy rain expected in SA -

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Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces.

The South African Weather Service has issued Orange Level 8, 6 and 4 weather warnings for disruptive rain and advised that a combination of snow, gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding, very cold conditions, and very rough seas is expected until Tuesday.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, bridges and formal and informal settlements, mudslides and danger to life due to fast-flowing rivers is expected over the mountainous regions of the Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, the western parts of the Theewaterskloof, City of Cape Town, Breede Valley and Witzenberg local municipalities of the Western Cape until Tuesday.

B. Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements is expected over the southern West Coast and western parts of the Overberg Districts of the Western Cape until Tuesday.

C. Orange Level 6 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea and damage to coastal infrastructures are expected along the coast between Lambert’s Bay and Cannon Rocks until Tuesday.

D. Orange Level 5 warning: Damaging interior winds leading to damage of formal and informal settlements, power interruptions and closure of some routes due to falling trees are expected over the central parts of the Western Cape and northern and central part of the Eastern Cape, but expected in the Western Cape until Tuesday.

E. Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea are expected along the coast between Alexander Bay to Lambert’s Bay and Cannon Rocks to East London until Tuesday.

F. Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements is expected over the northern parts of the West Coast, eastern parts of the Cape Winelands and Overberg Districts of the Western Cape until Tuesday.

G. Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised damage of informal settlements, falling trees and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes are expected in places in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape as well as the central and southern part of the Northern Cape until Tuesday.

H. Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snowfall leading to loss of vulnerable livestock, disruption of traffic due to icy roads and possible closure of mountain passes is expected over the northern part of the Eastern Cape until Monday.

I. Yellow level 2 warning: Storm Surge leading to localised flooding of low-lying coastal areas is expected between Saldanha Bay and

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

A series of intense cold fronts are expected; therefore the public (especially the elderly) and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern parts of Namakwa District in the Northern Cape and western interior of the Western Cape, as well as Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi DMs of the Eastern Cape until Tuesday. Snowfalls are also expected over the mountains of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape as well as over the high ground of the Eastern Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect fine and cool to cold.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect fine and cool to warm. It will be cold in places in the east as well as in the south.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, fine and cool to warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine, windy and cool to warm.

Free State

In the Free State, partly cloudy to cloudy in the south where isolated showers are expected, otherwise fine, windy and cold.

Northern Cape

Fine to partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy, windy and very cold to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers, except the northern part. Snowfall expected in the south. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong west to northwesterly.

Western Cape

Cloudy, windy and cold to cool, with widespread to scattered rain and showers, but isolated in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be Gale to strong gale westerly to north-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Snowfall expected in the north, otherwise cloudy, wind and cold with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, but scattered west of Port Elizabeth. The wind along the coast will be Strong to gale force northwesterly.

The Eastern half: Snowfall expected in the north, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cold, but cool in places along the coast. The wind along the coast will be strong north-westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Fine and cool but warm in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly north of Durban, otherwise fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly. It will become moderate to fresh north-easterly south of Richards Bay in the afternoon spreading northwards towards evening but easterly to south- easterly north of Mtunzini at times in the afternoon.