Weather update: Snowfall and ‘very cold’ weather expected this week

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a yellow level 1 warning for damaging coastal wind and waves between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas on Monday. These conditions will make navigation difficult for small vessels/personal watercraft and disrupt beachfront activities. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the weather service expects very cold and wet conditions, with snowfall expected over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, especially over the Drakensberg area and the southern parts of the Free State and the Lesotho border.

Farmers are advised to take precautionary measures to mitigate the negative impact of the adverse weather conditions. Gauteng:Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool weather. The expected UVB sunburn index: High.

Mpumalanga:Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld. Limpopo:Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool to warm. North West:Morning frost in the south, otherwise fine and cool.

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Free State:Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cool weather. Northern Cape:Fine and cool to warm but cold in the south, where it will become partly cloudy. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to southeasterly.

Western Cape:Fine to partly cloudy and cool to cold, but cloudy over the south coast and adjacent interior with isolated showers and rain from the afternoon, but scattered over the south-eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to southwesterly along the south coast at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, reaching near gale along the south-west coast from the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.

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