Saturday 24 January 2015

#SAWeather and #Disaster #Observations South Africa : 24 January 2015 04h00 SAST - MSBWX

SAWS SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS: 
 
WARNINGS: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the southeastern Northern Cape as well as southeastern Cape Winelands and Central Karoo of the Western Cape.  

WATCHES: ------Nil  

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES: 1. Extremely hot conditions are expected over the northern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the Central and Little Karoo of Western Cape and western and southern Eastern Cape. 2. Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions in places over the southern Eastern Cape and over the interiors of the Western and Northern Capes. 3. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over Central and Little Karoo of Western Cape until Saturday.  

MSBWX National Severe Weather Observations: It was yesterday another humid and very hot day in parts of the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape.  The bottom image depict temperatures at 15h45 yesterday afternoon in parts of the Western, Southern and Eastern Cape. 


Image: Weather Underground.

MSBWX General Weather Observations:  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, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal and Free State. 

MSBWX National Disaster Observations: Fires: WoF teams again battled several fires in the Western Cape.  High fire index.  NO OPEN FIRES TODAY - Fire fighters please be careful out there!


Image: Working on Fire

NSRI National Warnings:------ Nil

- MSBWX + SAWXREP + SAWS