Thursday 23 October 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 23 October 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:

WARNINGS: Extremely high fire danger conditions is expected in places over the western interior of Northern Cape.

WATCHES: Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind is expected over western high ground of KwaZulu - Natal, highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga and eastern Free State.

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

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations: None

MSBWX General Weather Observations: Cool, warm to hot conditions expected today over parts of SA.   Isolated  thunderstorms can be expected in parts of the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State and Eastern Cape.

186 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 National Disaster Observations: -------None

NSRI National Warnings: ------------None


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