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Archive for April, 2008
SA: C-c-c-cold days arrive
source: IOL
April 22 2008 at 02:34PM
By Lesego Masemola
Warm summer days are officially over - so get out those woollies.
Cold snaps and frosty weather are under way as the winter season begins to extend its icy grip.
South Africa Weather Bureau forecaster Venetia Magane warns that very cold conditions are in the offing for the rest of the week.
Tuesday is set to be very chilly with minimum temperatures falling to 6degC. She said while June was classified as the month when winter officially began, there was nothing unusual about the current cold and windy conditions that Tshwane was experiencing this week.
Dr Francois Engelbrecht, of the geoinformatics and meteorology department at the University of Pretoria, said the current conditions did not necessarily mean that this year’s winter would be any [continue reading]
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South Africa: Snow expected this weekend
source: News24
18/04/2008 12:23 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Snow is expected to fall on the high ground of the Eastern Cape this weekend, the SA Weather Service said on Friday.
“Snow can also be expected on ground higher than 2 000m on Saturday night,” said spokesperson Garth Sampson.
He said the Winterberg and Sneeuberg areas would be affected, spreading to the Drakensberg by Sunday.
A cold, wet weekend is expected throughout most of the province.
Heavy rains of 50mm plus in 24 hours are expected along the [continue reading]
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