Wednesday, 21 January 2015

#SAWeather and #Disaster #Observations South Africa : 21 January 2015 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS: 
 
WARNINGS: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and northern interior of the Northern Cape, west coast and western interior of the Western Cape. 

WATCHES: Severe thunderstorms are expected over the south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal tomorrow.  

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES: 1. Extremely hot conditions are expected over the west coast of the Western Cape and parts of the Breede River Valley. 2. Hot and dry weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the west coast and western interior of the Western Cape.  

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations:  Fairly intense thunderstorm observed yesterday over Bloemfontein with heavy rain, flooding and small hail.




Images: Twitter via Traffic SA and StormReport SA

MSBWX General Weather Observations:  Cool, warm to very hot conditions expected today over parts of SA. Thunderstorms and rain showers can be expected in parts of  Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Free State. Drizzle can be expected in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces.  

MSBWX National Disaster Observations:   Several veld fires were once again burning in the Western Cape. A large fire was observed near Danabay, Mossel Bay yesterday afternoon. 
Local fire fighters with the help of Working on Fire extinguished the fire during the early evening. It was great to see how the air-wing of Working on Fire time and again bombard the fire. A big thank you to all who assisted.





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NSRI National Warnings:------ Nil

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