Friday, 5 September 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 5 September 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:   

SAWS WARNINGS: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, central parts of the Northern Cape and north - western parts of the Eastern Cape .

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

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

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations:  Once again a sharp increase in the amount of fires detected.   502 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: Moderate weather expected over most of the country. Fine, cool to warm weather observed in areas of the country.

MSBWX National Disaster Observations: None

- MSBWX + SAWXREP + SAWS