Monday 22 September 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 22 September 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:

WARNINGS:Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape and Central Karoo and the northern interior of the Eastern Cape Provinces

WATCHES: -------- Nil.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES: --------------------------- Nil

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations:  Substantial reduction in the amount of fires in the past 24 hours.  53 Fires detected over the past 24 hours in South Africa.  Please contact your nearest fire fighting unit, Working on Fire or Local Fire Fighting Service when fires are observed.  The earlier a fire is detected to better the chances of extinguishing the fire.

MSBWX General Weather Observations:   Cool, warm  to hot conditions expected today over parts of SA. Hot conditions can be expected in parts of the Northern Cape and Western Cape.  Light drizzle expected in parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo this morning. Isolated thunderstorms and showers can be expected in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Karoo, Southern Cape and Eastern Cape this afternoon and evening.  Latest forecast models show an upper air trough developing along the West Coast of South Africa and Karoo on Tuesday into Wednesday.  Moderate to heavy rain (showers and thunderstorms) are expected in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Karoo, Southern Cape and Eastern Cape.

MSBWX National Disaster Observations: None

- MSBWX + SAWXREP + SAWS