The South African Weather Service has warned beach revellers to brace themselves for chilly conditions over the country’s coastal areas during this long weekend.
Mark Todd, a forecaster from the National Forecast Centre, said on Wednesday that it was going to be cold and windy over the Southern parts [of the country].
”The sea will be rough along the south-western and southern coastal areas and it’s going to be wet near the beach.
”… the Western and Eastern Cape areas will be affected by a family of frontal systems moving along our coastline,” he said in a statement.
Todd said temperatures were expected to fall in many parts of the country, with the Eastern Cape dropping down to below 15 degrees Celsius.
Cold and windy weather was expected to reach Gauteng on Saturday, with a risk of frost on the Highveld o Monday morning.
”People are advised to take care in these cold conditions and small stock farmers are advised to get their livestock out of the cold, especially over night on Friday.
”With this much colder air, light snowfalls are likely on the higher mountains of the Western Cape and western half of the Eastern Cape on Friday,” Todd said. — Sapa