For any of us heading into winter, thoughts of hot summer beaches in South Africa normally make us pretty darn jealous. However, it seems the Western Cape has been hit by a cold (and wet) front, and the rest of the country is likely to feel it over the weekend too.
According to the South African Weather Service the cold front is hitting the Cape Peninsula today, and will be sending torrential rains and thunderstorms all the way up to Johannesburg.
According to their forecaster, Jan Vermulen, minimum temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius can be expected in some areas of the Western Cape sending cooler weather up to Johannesburg. The cold front is also expected to head over to the Eastern Cape by Saturday. Apparently the interior of the country can look forward to thunderstorms throughout this weekend.
Looks like the Twittersphere is alive with comments by locals, amazed by the unexpected turn in the weather:
Wian Esterhuizen @wianesterhuizen
South Africa's weather is officially drunk. Snow reports and a cold front for the WC? It's like November! Like it's almost autumn again!!
Cold front, mid summer :0 At this rate South Africa will have it's first white #christmas one of these days
Meanwhile in relatively sunny Spain, the writer is also experiencing wet, rainy autumn days, but with temperatures ranging up to 20 degrees Celsius over the weekend. Go figure.
--
Umbrella image Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Kok Leng
No comments:
Post a Comment