⛈First Spring thunderstorms over the eastern parts of SA. A lot of storms around GP this evening (19 Sept 2023). These storms are producing strong winds but not a lot of rain.
Good morning. Depression
#Eloise
is currently over the extreme northern parts of Limpopo resulting in heavy rain in some areas of Limpopo and Mpumalanga today and later northern KZN. Main concern will be rainfall. Winds will not be a major factor.
🌀Latest on
#Eloise
.
Downgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm status with winds of 45 knots (83km/h). Central pressure is 978hPa and is still moving in a WSW'ly direction. Outer bands starting to affect the Lowveld areas of Limpopo later today.
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Please be aware of a hoax social media message making rounds regarding a tornado moving to Durban and forming in Harding. This is inaccurate. However, thunderstorms are still expected in places in KZN and alerts will be issued if they become severe.
🚫The video doing the rounds on social media forecasting snow for Gauteng next weekend is not true. Although a cold front is expected in South Africa later this week, numerical model predictions together with historical observations do not suggest snowfall in GP at this stage.
⚠️Intense cold front expected to make landfall over the Western and Northern Cape tomorrow (Thursday 26 August 2021). Widespread rainfall, very cold conditions, snow and very rough seas can be expected. Impact based warnings will be issued shortly. (Satellite image: Eumetsat)
⚠️Weather forecast for Monday (25 September 2023).
The cut-off low will cause widespread showers and thundershowers with flooding over parts of South Africa.
> Widespread flooding possible over the Overberg, Garden Route, and parts of the Cape Winelands of the WC.
🟠Orange level 9 Warning for Overberg, Garden Route and southern parts of Cape Winelands Districts of Western Cape (24-25 Sept 2023).
⚠️ Widespread flooding expected
⚠️ Rainfall in excess of 100mm possible in places
⚠️ Full catchments may cause further flooding downstream
☔🌧 Widespread rain and thundershowers can be expected from tomorrow (Saturday 16 April 2022) across the central and eastern half of SA. With
#DisruptiveRain
in the forecast for Gauteng, KZN, NW, FS, MPU and the Bushveld.
☀️High pressure will take hold of the weather in SA this weekend into next week. Temperatures expected to make a significant recovery this weekend (31 July- 01 August) into next week. Maximum temperatures expected to reach the low to mid twenties across the country.
🌀Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall earlier this morning in the Beira area (Saturday 23 January 2021). Its expected to weaken into an overland depression and move into parts of Limpopo tomorrow. Rain will already start today in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
#Eloise
#TropicalCyclone
⚠️A Red level 10 Warning issued for Eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga for today into tomorrow due to persistent heavy rain and more heavy rain expected tonight into tomorrow. This will cause serious strain on emergency services. Take extreme caution in these areas.
#ExEloise
(an overland depression) situated along the Limpopo and Botswana border. Its cloudy, windy and rainy over Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KZN and eastern North West province.
#Eloise
Heavy and/or persistent rain will result in flooding in northern KZN, eastern MP, SW LMP
⚠️Advisory⚠️ A Heat Wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Lowveld of Limpopo from tomorrow (Sunday 18 October) until Tuesday (20 October 2020).
Stay hydrated, and make sure your pets have enough water....
⚠️❄ Chance of sleet and graupel in S/C Gauteng and south-eastern North West Province on Tuesday 16 June 2020 late afternoon and/or evening.
❄Graupel: Soft particles of snow with fragile crust of ice; or soft hail.
❄Sleet: Rain containing some ice, when snow melts as it falls
🌧🌊 Have a look at this beautiful mid-morning satellite image (13 July 2020). Strong low pressure just offshore with the cold front over the Western Cape resulting in gale to strong gale force winds, high to very high seas and storm surge. Stay safe. Warnings on our page.
⚠️A very cold night ahead for SA interior. Widespread frost expected tomorrow morning (Friday 23 July 2021). It will remain chilly tomorrow over much of the country.
🌧⛈ A La Nina event looks likely for southern Africa for the first half of the summer rainfall season. This usually tends to result in a wetter summer for eastern and central South Africa. (Source: WMO)
⚠️It will be the coldest night of the year in some places over the interior of SA tonight into tomorrow Friday morning (23 July 2021). Small stock farmers please be advised.
#ColdFront
⚠️Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms expected over parts of the central and eastern interior today (25 October 2021) which may produce heavy downpours, hail and strong to damaging winds. Storms are expected to develop over NW and FS spreading east from late afternoon
⚠️SEVERE STORM moving to City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni with large amounts of small hail, strong winds and heavy rainfall. Take care on the roads. See timeliness for alert.
⚠️☔️The cut-off low intensifies tomorrow (Sunday, 24 September 2023), causing widespread showers and thundershowers across many areas. Widespread flooding, severe thunderstorms, gale-force winds, and rough seas can be expected.
❄🌧 Intense cold front makes landfall tomorrow (Wednesday 10 June 2020). Heavy rain, gale force winds, rough seas and disruptive snowfall in the forecast. Here is the rainfall forecast for tomorrow.
☀️No significant weather over the next 4 days. Temperatures will slowly recover this weekend into next week. No impact based warnings for this weekend. Have a good weekend.
🥶❄️Weather outlook for Saturday and Sunday(28 &29 October 2023).
Wet and cold weekend expected for the southern provinces spreading to the east on Sunday.
Significant drop of temperatures expected over the southern parts of the country.
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Sub-tropical system ISSA is expected to move eastwards AWAY from the South African coast. At this point it poses no risk to KZN or the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape
⚠️ A bitterly cold night ahead across the interior of SA. Widespread frost expected tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Most places will be below 0C tonight.
⚠️🌀ELOISE is expected to reach Tropical Cyclone status and make landfall near Beira in Mozambique. It is then expected to become an overland depression and result in significant rain over eastern parts of SA. Have a look at the alert areas below.
🌧️Afternoon satellite image (13 August 2021). Its a cloudy and windy afternoon over the eastern provinces with rain in places along the escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo and in places over KZN. Snow will continue this evening over the KZN western high-ground.
⚠️Preliminary observations indicate that the last time minimum temperatures were this low in Gauteng was in 2010.
Pretoria:
2010: -2.3
2020: -1.9
JHB:
2010: -3.3
2020: -2.8
OR Tambo:
2010: -6.3
2020: -3.9
Soweto:
2010: -6.5
2020: -7.7
Bronkhorstpruit:
2010: -5.6
2020: -5.7
☔🌩. A cut-off low-pressure
system is expected to develop along the west coast of South Africa from Saturday night (23 September). Widespread showers and thundershowers can be expected across western, central, and
southern South Africa, particularly from Sunday onwards. ⛈🌨
⚠️A strong cold front will make landfall early Monday morning (13 July 2020) in the Western Cape. Large waves, gale force to strong gale force winds (65-100km/h) are expected with flooding possible in the SW Cape. The marine and coastal communities should take extreme precaution
⚠️Advisory: A heat wave is expected to continue in Gauteng, highveld of Mpumalanga, south-western Bushveld, central and eastern North West and northern Free State until and including tomorrow (Tuesday 04 October 2022). Extremely hot conditions are expected over Northern KZN today
⛈️⚡️Weather outlook for tomorrow, 12 October 2023: Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over most parts of the country with drizzle along the west coast but wide spread showers over the south-eastern interior.
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#southafricaweather
#southafrican
The South African Weather Service can confirm that a tornado did occur in the Utrecht area in KwaZulu-Natal this Friday evening (22 November 2019). (Images Source: Newcastle Advertiser). More information about this soon.
🌧Rainfall and alert charts for tonight and tomorrow (Monday 25 January 2021). Heavy rain continues in parts of Mpumalanga and north-eastern KZN. Take care.
⚠️Severe thunderstorms may occur over a large area today (Thursday 07 October 2021). Expected to develop over parts of the North West and Free State spreading to Gauteng, parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga during this evening and continuing overnight into tomorrow morning.
❄🌨Snow can be expected across the southern mountain ranges from Thursday (19 May 2022) evening onwards extending to the Drakensberg and Lesotho mountains by Friday evening.
⚠️Media Release⚠️: Bitterly cold, wet and windy weather expected over parts of South Africa over the next few days. Gale force winds, heavy rain, snow, and very cold conditions will be imminent from Thursday (09 July 2020) as 2
#ColdFronts
make landfall.
⚠️Latest Media Release Update⚠️
Widespread flooding and damaging winds over the Cape Provinces this long weekend as an intense Cut-off low moves over South Africa (23-26 September 2023).
⚠️Intense cold front expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape from Thursday spreading to the Eastern Cape, KZN and the central interior during Friday evening into Saturday (26-28 August 2021). Cold, wet and windy conditions with snow on the high ground can be expected.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Good day! The South African Weather Service will NEVER send you a warning on WhatsApp. Whoever created it is a Hoax and trying to create a panic among the people. Please Ignore and delete any WhatsApp message regarding that.
⚠️Snowfall is expected on the Drakensberg and Maluti mountains on Tuesday into Wednesday early morning (28-29 April 2020) as well as the mountains in Lesotho.
❄️A cold front is currently making its way over the western interior of the country, expected to reach the central and eastern provinces during the course of tomorrow (Saturday). A cloudy and rainy day on the cards for KZN and Eastern Cape with snowfall over the high-lying areas.
⚠️ An intense
#ColdFront
will make landfall in the Western Cape early on Friday (10 July 2020) morning.⚠️
The public and small stock farmers should take note that heavy rain, flooding, gale force winds and snowfall on the high lying areas can be expected. More updates later.
⛈️🌦️Weather outlook for Sunday and Monday:
Cloudy and warm to cool conditions are expected, with widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern areas of the country.
#SAWS
#southafricanweather
#southafrican
🥶❄️🌧️Weather Update for Monday, 30th October 2023.
Wet and cold weather expected over most parts of the country except the extreme west, and the southern parts. Disruptive snowfall possible along the drakensburg mountains and Van Reenens Pass
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#SouthAfrican
⛈️BOXING DAY Weather Forecast- Widespread thunderstorms will develop over the central interior on Boxing Day with severe thunderstorms possible over the central interior and parts of the Eastern Cape. Widespread showers and thundershowers can be expected on Monday.
🔴‼️ A cut-off low pressure system is expected to make landfall in the west causing widespread showers and thundershowers across most parts of RSA on Saturday and Sunday. More updates to follow from SAWS.
❄A bitterly cold night ahead across the interior of South Africa as temperatures drop below freezing. Frosty conditions expected in morning. Cover sensitive plants, and take care of your pets. Stay safe and warm and help those in need where possible. Have a good weekend.
⚠️A strong cold front will impact the Western and Northern Cape from tomorrow (Thursday 26 August 2021 into Friday). The following impact based warnings have been issued. Heavy rain, strong to near gale-force winds, snow on the high-lying areas and very rough seas can be expected
⚠️ YELLOW WARNING ⚠️ for Thunderstorms for Gauteng, SW Limpopo, western and northern Highveld of Mpumalanga and E NW province on Sunday 11 October 2020.
Impacts:
1. Heavy rain leading to localized flooding of susceptible roads and low lying areas.
2. Hail of damaging nature.
⚠️ Heat Wave will affect 6 provinces from Sunday until Tuesday (20 October 2020).
🌡Tips:🌡
1. Stay hydrated with water
2. Never leave pets or children alone in a vehicle
3. Limit your physical outdoor activity between 11:00 and 15:00
4. Wear light clothes
5. Check on elderly
⛈☔A cut-off low is expected to bring widespread showers and thundershowers across the central and northern parts of SA today (7 November 2022) and tomorrow. Disruptive rainfall possible over NW, GP, FS and other areas continuing in places tomorrow as well.
🔴‼️ A cut-off low developing to the far west of the country is expected to make landfall in the west causing widespread showers and thundershowers across most parts of RSA on Saturday and Sunday. More updates to follow from SAWS
⚠️Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localized flash flooding and short term disruption to essential services are expected over parts of the NC and WC tomorrow (Thursday 21 October 2021). See warning below.
☔️❄️Afternoon satellite image (12 August 2021). Cold front over the Eastern Cape resulting in rain in places with snow on the high-lying areas. A very cold day over the southern and eastern interior of the country tomorrow (Friday). Small stock farmers are advised to be on alert.
⛈️Weather outlook for Tomorrow 7 November 2023.Showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts of the country, but widespread in places over the south-eastern parts of the country . Temperatures expected to drop over most parts of the country.
#southafricanweather
❄️🌧️Weather outlook for tomorrow, 28th October 2023. Showers and thundershower over the central, southern and eastern parts of the country.
#Southafricanweather
#southafrican
⚠️ Further worsening of the already cold weather conditions forecasted for Gauteng, Free State, North West, Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu Natal from tomorrow Tuesday (16 June 2020) until Thursday.