The South African Climate Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow stage 3 warning for disruptive rain over the South Western components of the Western Cape from tonight.
‘A chilly entrance related to an intense higher air system is anticipated to end in heavy rain and showers over the south-western components of the Western Cape. The majority of the rainfall is anticipated on Thursday morning,’ warned the climate service.
Warning: Yellow stage 3 warning for disruptive rainfall anticipated over the south-western components of the Western Cape from Wednesday night 24/05/2023 persisting by way of to Thursday 25/05/2023. pic.twitter.com/bo3LX73Uvk
— SA Climate Service (@SAWeatherServic) Might 23, 2023
Right this moment will see morning fog patches alongside the west coast and south coast, besides over the acute jap components.
In any other case, will probably be partly cloudy, changing into effective, windy and funky, besides over the acute south western components, the place will probably be chilly in locations and grow to be cloudy throughout the night with remoted to scattered rain.
It will likely be heat over the Karoo areas. The wind alongside the coast shall be gentle to reasonable, northerly to north-westerly, however recent to sturdy alongside the south west coast, whereas gentle and variable alongside the south coast within the afternoon. The anticipated UVB sunburn index is reasonable.
The chilly entrance with intense higher air help is anticipated to make landfall within the province on Thursday.
In line with the climate service, daytime temperatures are more likely to drop considerably on Thursday into Friday over the Western Cape, extending to the Jap Cape.
Most temperatures could also be under 10°C in locations over the southern high-lying areas of the Namakwa area of the Northern Cape and over the inside of the Western Cape.
Warning: Yellow stage 2 warning for damaging winds and waves anticipated between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Thursday afternoon (25/05/2023) into Friday (26/05/2023). pic.twitter.com/POqGW2Y8hw
— SA Climate Service (@SAWeatherServic) Might 23, 2023
Extraordinarily excessive hearth hazard situations are anticipated over the Dawid Kruiper, Kai !Garib and !Kheis Native Municipalities of the Northern Cape in the present day.
‘Situations are such that the FDI index is above 75. Below these situations, fires could develop and unfold quickly, leading to injury to property and attainable lack of human or animal life,’ warned the climate service.
Written by Murray Swart
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