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The SA Weather Service says scattered rain and showers were expected in the country's southern areas over the long weekend. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Die Burger)
- Parts of the country will be icy cold and wet this long weekend.
- The SA Weather Service has issued a Level 2 warning for the Western Cape, parts of the Free State and Northern Cape.
- Rain and wind can be expected.
The SA Weather Service (SAWS) says a series of cold fronts is expected to make landfall across parts of the country from Thursday afternoon and is expected to last until Sunday.
A Level 2 warning has been issued for mostly the Western Cape, southern parts of the Free State and Northern Cape, with strong winds expected to blow between 35 and 65km/hour.
Forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela said scattered rain and showers are expected over the country's southern areas, affecting most of the south-western areas with cold, windy and wet weather.
"These conditions are due to a series of cold fronts that are expected to make landfall from the western regions of the country and exit over the eastern areas.
"This will result in isolated showers spreading to the east coast and affecting parts of the Eastern Cape as well as the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal by Sunday, 11 August," added Thobela.
In the Western Cape, a cold front is expected to make landfall by Thursday, resulting in strong to near gale-force north-westerly winds of 60 to 70km/hour.
Damage to formal and informal settlements and some structural damage could be expected, said the weather service.
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Rainfall accumulation in the western parts is expected to be 15 to 30mm, reaching 20 to 50mm in the mountainous areas of the Cape Winelands, City of Cape Town and north-western districts of the Overberg.
"Due to the ground already being saturated, localised flooding or roads may cause susceptible settlements to occur," SAWS said.
City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Charlotte Powell said all City services would be put on standby to deal with any impacts from the forecast.
"We advise the public to please take heed of the current advisory and to start implementing any possible mitigation measures around their properties in the interim," added Powell.
