Brace yourself, Pretoria: Cold fronts to bring unseasonable chill
Pretoria is set to experience a significant drop in temperatures this week as two cold fronts bring cold, cloudy, and rainy weather.
Two cold fronts will impact Pretoria later this week, bringing much cooler weather.
According to VoxWeather forecaster Michelle Cordier, temperatures in Gauteng will drop on Thursday, with highs in the low 20s and lows between 10°C and 15°C.
“The weather will be mostly cloudy, and there could be some light rain.”
This is because significant snowfall is expected in parts of South Africa this week.
By Friday, Gauteng will experience even colder conditions, with temperatures below 20°C and lows dipping below 10°C.
“The cold, cloudy, and rainy weather will persist throughout the day. While snow is expected in other regions, Gauteng will mainly see chilly, wet conditions. The temperatures are expected to warm up again by Sunday.”
She said two cold fronts and a ridging high-pressure system will bring cold, wet, and windy weather to the south-west this week and also drop freezing levels low enough for widespread snow from Tuesday evening.
“Both the GFS (Global Forecast System) and the ECMWF (European weather model) are showing significant snowfall from Tuesday evening over the mountain peaks in the Western Cape (Matroosberg Nature Reserve, Cederberg, and Swartberg mountain range_ and Northern Cape (Nuweland and Roggeveld mountain) including the town of Sutherland. ”
Meanwhile, a light dusting of snow is also possible over the Hottentots Holland Mountains and Boland Mountains in the Western Cape.
Cordier said snow will continue to fall over the mountains in the Western Cape (Matroosberg Nature Reserve and Cederberg Mountains), with ground snow possibly occurring in towns like Sutherland in the Karoo.
“Light snow is also likely over the mountains around the little Karoo and garden Route.
“On Wednesday morning a light dusting of snow is possible in the Great Karoo (around Fraserberg, Loxton, Murraysburg, Richmond and surrounding areas).”
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