Hold on to your hats! Cold front blows into Western Cape

Rain, rough seas and gale-force winds are forecast for the Western Cape after a cold front made landfall on Thursday. 

The South African Weather Service (Saws) issued a yellow level 2 warning for damaging winds between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay for the duration of the day.

Strong north-to-northwesterly winds (50-65km/h) were forecast between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas, followed by west-to-southwesterly winds reaching gale-force (50-65km/h) and potentially gusting up to 75km/h between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay. 

Waves reaching up to 5.5m were forecast for about midday between Cape Point and Agulhas.  

“Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the western half of the country, with isolated to widespread showers and thundershowers expected over the Western Cape, as well as the western parts of the Eastern and Northern Cape,” said Saws. 

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