A cold front is expected to hit the Western Cape which is set to bring showers and cold temperatures from Monday, July 19 into Tuesday, with another cold front expected on Wednesday. In a statement by the South African Weather Services, isolated showers and rain will occur over the southwestern parts of the Western Cape province, spreading to the southern parts in the evening.
❄️☔️Cold front will bring rain and cold temperatures over the Western Cape and Northern Cape from late today into tomorrow (20 July 2021) with another cold front expected on Wednesday. Cold to very cold from mid-week into the weekend for SA. pic.twitter.com/S33LogD1Qh
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) July 19, 2021
“Rainfall intensity is expected to increase on Tuesday along the western part of the Cape south coast, including the Overberg District, with the distinct possibility of localised flooding in these areas, ” the statement said.
Light snowfall is expected over the southwestern mountain peaks on Tuesday morning, July 20, while cold conditions are likely to set in over much of the interior of the Western Cape.
In the same vein, the Cape Town Weather Office cautioned the public of “Heavy downpours that might lead to flooding are expected from the morning through to midday over the south-western parts. Significant low freezing levels are expected over the interior of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape on Wednesday into Thursday morning due to the passage of a cold front.”
Meanwhile, the City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) spokesperson, Charlotte Powell, indicated that there are still informal settlements across Cape Town that are still waterlogged from the previous cold front experienced in June, as IOL mentions.
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