The Western and Northern Cape provinces have received impact-based warnings from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) for disruptive rain, destructive waves and snow over the weekend.
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From Friday until Saturday, areas including the City of Cape Town, Bitou, George, Hessequa, Knysna, and Mossel Bay were under a Yellow level 4 warning for dangerous waves. For the same time period, a Yellow level 4 warning was issued for disruptive rain.
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‘An intense cut off low pressure system is expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape from Friday evening into Sunday, resulting in thundershowers throughout the provinces. Rainfall accumulations are expected to be 30-40mm over the City of Cape Town district between Friday evening and Saturday, and 40-60mm over the Cape Winelands, Overberg and Garden Route districts from Saturday morning, persisting throughout the day.’
SAWS warned that high rainfall could result in flooding.
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Additionally, a Yellow level 4 warning for disruptive snow from Saturday through Sunday was issued.
According to SAWS, the severe cutoff low-pressure system was expected to bring snow to the majority of the Western and Northern Cape provinces’ high-lying areas.
‘Snow accumulations are expected to be at most 5mm over the mountains of the Cape Winelands (Matroosberg and Koue Bokkeveld mountains) and Little Karoo (Swartberg mountains), but 5-12cm over the mountains of the southern high ground of Namakwa and Central Karoo mountain ranges between Saturday early morning and Sunday morning.’
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