Weather Warning - Coastal SA + Weekend Weather Forecast

Thunderstorms over the north-eastern interior of the Eastern Cape may become severe with a risk of large hail and heavy downpours.

Everywhere is going to be hot this weekend. Quite a few places around 30 C or more. Enjoy!

KwaZulu and Gauteng Rainfall Records, Weather Warning And Weekend Weather

Rainfall records

Looking at the table of rainfall figures below one can see that a number of places received heavy rainfall, with Durban, Greytown and Pennington South breaking their previous 24-hour rainfall record for November. It is also interesting to note that on this one day Durban received 251% of its normal rainfall for the first ten days of the month, while Mount Edgecombe received 227% and Richards Bay 165%.

NVDL: Many of the previous records are recent, 4 out of 6 between 2000 and 2006. Climate change will affect SA by creating a vastly wetter Eastern Region, and drying the Western Interior. All areas will be more susceptible to storms, and extreme weather - floods and droughts.

Also yesterday:
Highest Daily Rain: Was - 49.4mm (2001-11-24) Now: 58.0 (2007-11-06) Witbank

Warning:
Isolated heavy falls of rain are possible in the escarpment and lowveld areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, including the Soutpansberg.

Weekend Temperatures:


More:

Icebergs passing north of SANAE IV along the coast of Dronning Maud Land
Serious Beach Erosion continuing along the KwaZulu-Natal Coast
Gauteng Snow
The Legacy of Tropical Cyclone Gamede
Sea Level Pressure Analysis and Satellite-derived Ocean Surface Wind Fields

ALERT: Flooding (+SAT IMAGE)

National Warning - Issued on Wednesday, 31 October 2007 at 06.00
Thunderstorms over the extreme northern parts of the Eastern Cape, Free State, central and eastern parts of the North-West Province and southern Gauteng may cause isolated heavy falls which may lead to localized flooding.

The weather this weekend:
Johannesburg: 14/26
Cape Town: 16/21
Durban: 19/27
Bloem: 13/29

ALERT: National Weather Warning (Issued 241007 5AM)

Gale force south-westerly winds are expected between East London and Kosi Bay, moderating from the south later.
Very cold conditions are expected in places in the Eastern Cape, south-western high grounds of Kwa-Zulu Natal and Lesotho.

Weekend Forecast for Johnannesburg and Bloem:

JHB: 11/14
BFN: 14/24

Bloem's a good place to be this weekend; warmer, the Boks' parade (for more accessible in a smaller city), and the Currie Cup Game.