Tzaneen & Phalaborwa: A drizzly, foggy weekend with a 60% chance of thunderstorms
If the predictions of the South African Weather Service are accurate, Tzaneen and Phalaborwa can look forward to a wet and thundery Saturday night.
The weekends weather predictions for Tzaneen and Phalaborwa are expected to be drizzly, foggy, rainy and much cooler.
The temperature for Tzaneen is set to be around 28 degrees and Phalaborwa can look forward to a sizzling 33 degrees on Friday.
It would be cloudy in the morning with some fog but will clear out in the afternoon.
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A small change of thunderstorms are predicted for Friday evening.
According to Wayne Venter, weather-forecaster for the South African Weather Service, both towns can look forward to a wet Saturday night.
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‘The best bet in terms of rain this weekend is for late Saturday afternoon into the evening,” Venter told the Herald.
“It will be mostly cloudy during Saturday with low-level moisture with some light drizzle throughout the morning,” he said.
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Tzaneen and Phalaborwa can look forward to a 60% change of thunderstorms and showers from late Saturday afternoon, according to Venter.
Tzaneen’s temperature will drop to 26 degrees on Saturday and Phalaborwa 28.
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Sunday will be mostly cloudy with some fog in the morning.
On Sunday the temperatures in Tzaneen would be 23 degrees and Phalaborwa 26.
