Monday, August 12, 2013

Get ready for the Cape of cold

Cape Town - After several glorious spring-like days, winter is back with heavy rain expected throughout the week, although no more snowfalls are predicted.

Despite oak trees showing bright green leaves and flowers appearing on the West Coast, winter is not over yet.

Monday’s high will be around 15°C, and we can expect about 46mm of rain and gale force westerly to north-westerly winds between Cape Point and Agulhas.

Henning Grobler, a weather forecaster from the Cape Town weather office, said a wintery week was in the offing from Tuesday until Friday.

“We can expect a few cold fronts through the course of the week.

“There will be windy, cloudy and cold conditions with temperature lows of 12°C and 13°C.”

He did not foresee any snow, but said “it’s not out of the question”.

Heavy rain is expected in places over the Cape Metropole and the western parts of the Cape Winelands districts overnight and into Wednesday.

“A bit of a break is expected around Saturday,” added Grobler...

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