Here is your weather expectations for the rest of the week
Some parts of South Africa witnessed their first spring rain on the weekend.
The weather outlook for the upcoming week indicates that spring's first rains are anticipated to begin clearing by the start of the week. A second cut-off low-pressure system is expected to bring heavy downpours, hail, and damaging winds across the nation this weekend, prompting the South African Weather Service to issue numerous storm warnings.
Forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela predicts that conditions will begin to improve from tomorrow until the weekend. Throughout the coming days, residents in central and eastern regions of the country can expect partly cloudy skies coupled with cool to cold temperatures, leading to scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
As the weekend approaches, isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected, primarily over the southern parts of the country, affecting the Western and Eastern Cape. The Tshwane Emergency Management Services (EMS) has identified high-risk areas across all regions following an additional weather alert. EMS spokesperson Nana Radebe-Kgiba emphasized that the beginning of the rainy season often increases the risk for communities residing in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
Such conditions frequently result in flooding, displacing households and contributing to a rise in drowning incidents. Radebe-Kgiba urged residents to stay indoors and away from metal objects that can conduct electricity, such as barbed wire fences and power lines, which may be struck by lightning. She warned against seeking shelter under isolated trees or tall objects during a thunderstorm and advised against crossing flooded roads, low-level bridges, and swollen streams.
Vox Weather reported a funnel cloud spotted beneath a thunderstorm in the Bothaville district around 3pm on Friday. While there is no definitive visual evidence that the funnel cloud made contact with the ground to become a tornado, conditions remain highly unstable, with the possibility of more severe thunderstorms on Friday as a strong cut-off low continues to impact South Africa.
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