Chilling news as cold front approach SA
Don't pack away you winter woollies, a cold front is heading our way! This system together with the passing cold front and a strong high pressure system to the west will drop temperatures drastically and heavy snow will then be on the cards from Wednesday.
Storm Report SA are monitoring a cold front that is due to make landfall on Tuesday around midday.
“This cold front will bring some snow over the high peaks of the Western Cape but, just like most cold fronts this year, is moving quite quickly. The main precipitation and rainfall system will be a strong upper air trough that is just behind the cold front and will develop and strengthen over the country by late Wednesday into Thursday,” Storm Report posted on their FaceBook page.
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This system together with the passing cold front and a strong high pressure system to the west will drop temps drastically and heavy snow will then be on the cards from Wednesday.
Snowfall is expected over the high peaks of the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal with extreme snowfall possible over Lesotho.
Up to 60 cm of snow is expected over the eastern Drakensberg.
Up to 40 cm of snow expected over Sani Mountain Lodge and Afriski Mountain Resort. 30 cm of snow is expected over Tiffindell. Biggest snowfall within SA will be over the southern Drakensberg around the Rhodes area with up to 30 cm of snow expected.
Snowfall areas:
Western Cape:
– Extreme high peaks
– Ceres
– Matroosberg
– Montagu
– Swellendam
– Mountains around Oudtshoorn
– Swartberge
Northern Cape
– Sutherland
– Victoria West
– Richmond
– Hanover
– Noupoort
Eastern Cape
– Graaff-Reinet
– Cradock
– Steynsburg
– Burgersdorp
– Dordrecht
– Queenstown
– Aliwal North
– Lady Grey
– Rhodes
– Elliot
– Barkly East
KwaZulu-Natal
– Underberg
– Kokstad
Source: Storm Report SA
