WARNINGS: ---------------Nil
WATCHES: Severe thunderstorms are possible over Gauteng, the north - eastern parts of the Free State, eastern parts of the North West Province, Mpumalanga highveld, south - western parts of Limpopo as well as over the extreme western parts of KwaZulu - Natal.
SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES: --------------------------- Nil
MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations: 113 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. Isolated to scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers can be expected in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, NE Free State, North West, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal Provinces. Light showers can be expected in parts of the Northern Cape. Several recent forecast model show an intense cutoff-low possibly developing off the southern/eastern coast during Monday 29th September 2014. There is still a great deal of uncertainty as to the timing, position and amount of rainfall, but this event need to be observed as from today.
MSBWX National Disaster Observations: None
NSRI National Warnings: The NSRI issued a warning to the public about the effects of the new moon spring tide, as they expect stronger than normal rip currents.
NSRI
spokesperson, Graig Lambinon, says the spring tide peaked on Wednesday
and is expected to last until the end of the weekend. Lambinon says this causes a higher than normal high tide and a lower
than normal low tide and hence stronger than normal rip currents. This warning is affecting the entire coastline of SA.
- MSBWX + SAWXREP + SAWS
