We have not 1, not 2 but 3 cold fronts in a row moving into South Africa. The first expected to make landfall tomorrow Thursday 9 July 2020 is being followed closely by another much stronger and bigger front expected Friday. The front arriving Friday arrives with a mighty punch bringing heavy rainfall, widespread snowfalls […]
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Media Release from the South African Weather ServiceTwitter: https://twitter.com/SAWeatherServic Web: https://www.weathersa.co.za/ 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. Join the SAWX channel […]
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Here are some of the very latest satellite images showing the strong and very big cold front approaching South Africa. How spectacular is our planet? Share your comments below. This cold front is expected to make landfall late Thursday 9 July 2020 or early Friday 10 July 2020 bringing widespread snow falls to a great […]
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Our advanced forecasting weather models, now merely 2 days out, continue to show significant snowfalls from a very strong cold front developing in the South Atlantic ocean. Snow falls could start as early as late Thursday night (9 July 2020) or the early hours of Friday morning (10 July 2020). There will also be gale […]
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Significant snowfall and a very wintery and cold weekend expected for a great deal of South Africa. Southern Namibia to even see some rainfall and snow. This snow forecast update covers expected and possible snow falls across parts of South Africa from Thursday to Sunday this coming week. A significant amount of snowfall, even disruptive […]
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Our first well developed Cut-Off Low Pressure System (COL) for 2020 has formed over the Western Cape and this will result in sporadic heavy showers and thundershowers. What is a Cut-Off Low Pressure System? A Cut-off low is a low pressure system that becomes ‘cut-off’, detached or severed, from the the main planetary circulation and […]
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GFS Climate Model Data Good morning South Africa. Our latest GFS climate model data is showing some favourable conditions for some rainfall this week starting today. Currently model data is indicating the most favoured areas will be Gauteng, the North West Province, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, Northern and Eastern Free State and Northern Kwazulu-Natal. This […]
ENSO El Nino Southern Oscillation
Long Term Rainfall Outlook for Southern Africa – Return of El Niño?
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🤦♂️ We have just received the latest long term rainfall forecasts from the IRI and it’s really not looking good at all. International Research Institute for Climate and Society The IRI / Climate Society are specialists in forecasting long term rainfall outlooks both through computer modelling and human forecasting combined. The IRI is also the […]
Severe Weather
South Africa and Severe Weather – Rainfall Outlook – Tropical Storm in the Mozambique Channel
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Flooding Fears in KZN Amidst the fears of heavy flooding for Kwazulu-Natal yesterday, with Severe weather warnings flying left, right and centre, all of our really good moisture and chances of heavy rainfall for the province got sucked out into the ocean. We had already noticed early on Thursday that the latest climate models were […]
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We have been monitoring the climate models with great anticipation of our first Cut-Off-Low (COL) for the Spring / Summer 2019 rainfall season for Southern Africa. We are very pleased to announce that we are now seeing our first proper Cut-Off-Low developing this Friday and bringing with it good rainfall for South Africa. You can […]