Friday 31 October 2014

SA National Weather and Disaster Observations: 31 October 2014 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS: 

WARNINGS: ------ Nil 

WATCHES: 1. High veld fire danger is expected over the western parts of North West Province and eastern parts of Northern Cape. 2. Severe thunderstorms are expected in 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.   Thunderstorms can be expected in parts of the Free State, Kwazulu Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo. Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.   Drizzle showers expected over parts of the Eastern Cape this morning.

166 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:  4.7 earthquake, South of Africa. Oct 30 17:56 at epicenter (28m ago, 1079km Port Elizabeth, depth 10km) 



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


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