Weather predition for the weekend: cuddles, rains and Netflix
Some of the thunderstorms over the Highveld may become severe and are likely to be associated with strong, damaging winds and/ or large hail.
Weather SA, an online weather forecasting page, has reported that rainfall prospects are set to improve significantly over a number of the provinces this weekend.
“The combination of onshore flow along southern and south-eastern coastline, together with a well-defined upper air system is expected to deliver significant rainfall over parts of the Western and Eastern Cape on Saturday and Sunday.
In particular, the Eastern Cape appears at this stage to have a high likelihood of receiving heavy rain, especially on Sunday,” said Kevin Rae and Tennielle Ah Shene, members of the Weather SA service.
And while the southern parts of the country are celebrating their first flush of rains, the northern parts can also look forward to perfect cuddling, movie and indoor activity weather.
At the current time, the circulation pattern is fairly benign and the country can look forward to isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, predominantly over the central and eastern parts of the country. Apart from rainfall, there are also a number of other potentially hazardous extreme weather phenomena which are likely to be associated with this system.
“At this stage, when considering the potential impacts of fairly widespread rain, it is critical to note that the occurrence of heavy rain is by no means the only rain-related hazardous weather issue.
“It can reasonably be expected that sustained rainfall over a large area will inevitably surpass the infiltration capacity of the ground, thus leading to overland runoff. Such runoff feeds into stream and river systems and often leads to river-flooding scenarios. The public should therefore remain vigilant and aware of the danger of localised urban flooding, particularly in low-lying areas and especially where the environment is modified by tarred roads and brick or concrete paving.”
Expected progression of events and main impacts:
It’s expected to rain in Krugersdorp during the weekend with a 20 per cent chance of precipitation on Saturday, and an 80 per cent chance on Sunday. The high temperature on Saturday is expected to be a mere 22 degrees Celsius with a low of 14. It is expected to be very humid on Saturday, with 64 per cent humidity predictions.
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