SA: Country in tight grip of cold front

source: IOL
May 19 2007 at 04:39PM

Johannesburg – The cold front causing cold and windy conditions has set in over some parts of the country, the SA Weather Service said on Saturday.

Forecaster Evert Scholtz said a cold front passed Cape Town on Friday night and was still over the south-west part of the country.

He said it would move to Namibia, Central Free State, southern KwaZulu-Natal by Sunday afternoon.

In Gauteng, the cold front was expected to set in on Sunday night and residents were expected to feel the freeze on Monday morning.

He said it would then move to the Limpopo and southern Mozambique on Monday afternoon.

Scholtz said the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape would experience snow falls, gale force winds.

The sea off those provinces would also be rough once the cold front settled in.

The cold conditions in the country were expected to last until the end of the week, said Scholtz.
IOL, Sapa

click on the image to see the last 5 satellite pictures in and annimation from Weather Channel.com

Satellite Picture II: clear sky above Botswana

We were talking to friends in Mutare / Zimbabwe yesterday. They had plenty rain during the last few days – if you look at the satellite picture from yesterday you can see the clouds.
But we ‘missed’ the rain:
Picture: weather.com

It passed further north. So, there is no rain and it will get hot but it’s not only us.
See “Gautengers sweat as temperatures soar” about South Africa !

Satellite Picture: Weather Situation in Africa this Morning

We see clouds coming in from northeast this morning – is rain coming from Zimbabwe?

We hope so !

It’s a little bit cooler today.
Temperature: 22.8°C @ 7.00am.

See the satellite picture below:

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