Another cold front will make landfall in the Western Cape this weekend, bringing scattered showers and several weather warnings, Cape {town} Etc reports.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued three warnings for the Western Cape on Thursday. The cold front, which is approaching today, is expected to make landfall tomorrow.
These are the warnings:
- Yellow level 2 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of roads and susceptible settlements is expected over the southwestern parts of the Western Cape.
- Yellow level 2 Warning: Damaging wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Lambert’s Bay and Cape Agulhas.
- Yellow Level 1 Warning: Damaging interior winds leading to longer travel times as well as localised problems for high-sided vehicles are expected over southern parts of Namakwa District Municipality of Northern Cape and in places over the Western Cape, excluding the northern part of the West Coast District.
Morning fog along the west coast and in the south is forecast for today, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the west where it will be cloudy.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but strong to near gale along the southwest coast.
It will be fine in the extreme east.
Weather outlook for today, 8 August:
Weather outlook for Friday, 9 August:
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