Saturday, 11 October 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 11 October 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:

WARNINGS: Extremely high veldfire conditions are expected in places over the extreme western parts of North - west , north - eastern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape , south - western parts of Free State as well as over the north - western interior of the Eastern Cape.

WATCHES: Severe thunderstorms are expected in places over the central parts of the North - West as well as over central and south - eastern parts of Free State

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

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations:  288 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 thundershowers expected over parts of the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Free State. Drizzle expected over the escarpment of Mpumalanga and the Limpopo provinces.  Rain expected over the northern parts of  Kwazulu Natal. 

MSBWX National Disaster Observations: -------None

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


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