On Thursday, a cold front made landfall in the Western Cape before moving to other parts of the country, bringing high winds and snowfall, said the South African Weather Service.
On Thursday, an “intense cold front associated with a steep upper-air trough” hit the western parts of the country, said the South African Weather Service.On Thursday, strong to near gale-force northwesterly winds, from 50-60km/h gusting up to 80km/h, were reported in the province.Widespread rainfall is also expected over the western parts of the Western Cape on Thursday afternoon. This will spread to the western and southern parts of the Northern Cape overnight.
At the time, to help those affected by heavy rain and high winds, the City’s transport department provided sand and milling where possible to raise ground levels in sodden townships and settlements. From Friday the snowfall would spread to the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, and the Drakensberg region of KwaZulu-Natal during Saturday, said the weather service.
In the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, a “significant lowering of local atmospheric freezing level is anticipated, allowing for disruptive snowfall in some places”, said the weather service.
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