Good morning everyone:

It remain rather cold at sunrise over most of the interior areas and even parts over the western parts of the northern interior and North-West has also started with between -2 to -3 C this morning.  Very cold over the Vereeniging area at first with sub zero temperatures with wide spread frost.  The KZN coast not to bad with temperatures above 10 C but the interior areas remain cold at sunrise with frost over the western interior areas with the lowest temperature at -4 C just to the west of Newcastle while Newcastle town is around 1C with frost at first.  A few places still rather cold over the south-west Cape region with Ceres at 2-3 C but most parts already up to 20-21 C with the expected off-shore flow over the region where maximums are expected to reach as high as 25-28 C with extremes of up to 31 C in the Vredendal region.  Still cold over the PE area at first with temperatures well below 7 C but there are a few spots along the south coast where the temperatures has risen already to above 16 C and also in these parts temperatures will recover significantly during the day. Apart from the Cape regions where there was rain over the last 5-7 days little or no rain has fallen over the south and  south-east Cape coast with the result that the fire index will rise as well, thus take care and look out for smoke plumes as the day progress. Little  or no cloud is expected over most of the country thus sunny across almost all region with day fairly mild day time temperatures. That is the story, a bit boring but that is that for today!

Good morning everyone:

Sunny and cold with frost mostly in the south and a few places over the eastern parts. It will however remain mostly sunny and being near the end of July also means that the sun shines a bit longer than a month ago thus maximums temperatures should be 1-3 C warmer during the middag period. Partly cloudy and cold over the northern interior including the western parts with temperatures around 2 C and that means there will be a few spots with frost but cloudy over the northern-eastern sectors of the Lowveld at first. Temperatures should recover somewhat today but with an north-easterly breeze means the temperatures will only rise with 1-2 C. Partly cloudy and cold over the Lowveld and Highveld with frost over a few areas of the Highveld. I expect it to become sunny with also a degree or two warmer during the day. Further south and west it remains rather cold with mostly sub zero temperatures with frost but with sunny and dry weather temperatures will recover better today than the last 24-48 hours.  With mostly cloudless skies over the south-western Cape it is also mostly cold even the areas close to the sea with temperatures 5 C and lower but with a slight off-shore flow temperatures will recover into the low 20’s, the same is valid for the south and south-east Cape coast. KZN also start rather cool along the coast and cold over the interior but with mostly sunny skies expected temperatures will recover somewhat better.  I know the weather is a bit boring at the moment but that one can expect for this time of the year but remember weather can change and those changes can be fast and furious thus stay tuned to www.netfor.co.za to be the first to know what happens where and when!! Have a lovely day!! 

Good morning everyone:

The cold front has kicked back from the east and north-east with overcast weather over most of central and northern Gauteng with fog in and around the Kemptonpark area. The cloud cover has lifted the minimum temperatures over these regions including the northern and eastern interior but on the other side of the coin, with less sunshine today maximum temperatures will not recover as much as yesterday, thus a rather cold day today. Further south there is no cloud with the result that temperatures has dropped well below freezing this morning again with wide spread frost over the Freestate, Northern Cape and the central and western parts of North-West. Potchefstroom’s temperature has once again dropped to around -4 to -5 C and that is very cold for this region. It does look as if the cloud is not that much over KZN with the result that minimum temperatures has also dropped significantly over the interior areas with frost over a large area.  It is also rather cold over the Eastern Cape interior and even as low as 1- 2 C over the Transkei area this morning with frost while it is mostly sunny weather that is expected over the central and western interior where the maximum temperatures will recover with 1- 3 C today and that include the south west Cape coastal areas. Although the moisture levels has increased significantly over the eastern interior the inflow seem to be moderate and not strong thus only a few isolated spots had a bit of drizzle. Well, another cold day thus keep warm and although it seems o.k. to burn an old maize field (or whatever) still keep an eye out for smoke, after the very cold weather the last 24 hours over the greater part of the interior, there is more than enough dead grass and bushes that will burn out of control, never say a fire cannot spread. I have seen in the past that even under blue conditions (meaning a lot of rain has fallen) fires has started that had to be stopped.
(Keep in mind: If you land up in fog on a highway this morning, go slow and rather be a couple of minutes late than sorry and even aircraft can be delayed due to heavy fog over airfields.)

  

Goeie môre almal:

Mensig dit is vrek koud oor die sentrale en suidelike binneland vanoggend en dan moet ons nie vergeet van Noord-Wes nie, die temperatuur het tot -7 C geval vanoggend by Potchefstroom en dit saam met ‘n ligte wind kan verseker swartryp toestande maak daar vanoggend, en daar is vele meer plekke oor die Vrystaat met sub zero temperature en meer as ‘n goeie kans vir swartryp toestande, verder suid is dit ook baie koud in plekke soos Colesberg, Hopetown waar die kwik ook tot ver onder vriespunt gedaal het, net ‘n ligte briesie van 5-10 km/u en daar kan ook swartryp verwag word. Bietjie verder noord, Vereeniging het ook tot onder vriespunt gedaal en selfs so ver noord kan daar swartryp vanoggend voorkom. Dit is seker een van die koudste oggende die winter as mens die wind bytel, wat die aanvoelbare temperatuur (chill temperature) dit nog kouer laat voel. Die koue front het alreeds begin terugslaan vanuit die ooste oor die Laeveld waar dit bewolk is vanoggend maar ek sien nog nie veel reën wat geval nie, maar met so ‘n sterk rug van hoog agter die koue front vanuit die ooste is daar altyd die moontlikheid van ‘n bietjie reën en dit sluit die platorand in. Die lug oor die binneland is baie droog, as te ware, kurkdroog, en alhoewel dit brandgevaar indekse laag gaan vertoon. Onthou nou net dat dit baie koud is so vure gaan oral gemaak word vir hitte, en loop die mense weg van die vuur en los die kole is daar net ‘n ligte bries nodig en daar kan veldbrande ontstaan, so wees wakker en wees op die uitkyk vir rook. Dit sal help dat daar nie baie vog is vanoggend nie dat die maksimum temperature dalk so ‘n graad of twee hoër kan wees as wat ek verwag maar dit is maar ‘n skraal troos met die koue vanoggend. Staan sterk, en bly warm en takel die week met spoed!  

Good morning everyone:

The cloud over the Northern Cape dissipated rather fast over the last 6-7 hours and that resulted in colder minimum temperatures this morning. As you can see the cloud band is moving out over the East London area while there is some low cloud moving in over Kwazulu-Natal. Still a few cloudy patches over the western escarpment that kept the minimums a bit higher but at the same time wil reduce the maximum temperatures. Although we cannot see it there is a cold front that has moved in over the Northern Cape and the western Freestate and as the day progress the cold air in the west will slowly move eastwards and will most likely reach the Gauteng area by late tonight, at first we will just feel the wind increase and then it will become rapidly colder. Still a few odd cloudy patches over the south-west Cape coast (postfrontal) and it will remain cold during the day. The wind, mostly thermal winds are already active over the Highveld areas this morning and coming in mostly from a westerly direction the flow will be off-shore, dry and warm, even hot in a few places in the Lowveld, but also over these parts one can expect the cold front to at first make gusty winds from midnight tonight onwards followed by much colder weather and a sharp increase in moisture and cloud and there is a chance for a few drizzle patches over the escarpment and Lowveld from tomorrow morning. I do not want to run so fast with the weather for the Lowveld, still dry and warm today with the normal spots with combined gradient and thermal winds with high FDI’S. Even if the index only reach 55- 59 base points and a fire should be started the wind will increase due to the thermal winds generated by a fire thus not safe at all to allow fires for today. Take care!! Bad luck Bulls hope you do a lot better next year!     

Good morning everyone:

Once again a rather cold morning before sunrise over most of the interior while it is wet and cold over the south-west Cape coast. On average between 12-28mm has fallen over the Cape while Ceres had up to 20mm.  A few spots had up to 2mm along the George coast but further east no rain has fallen. Ellisras has started off with 2 C while Vereeniging started off with -1 C with frost in moth cases.  In the Stutterheim region temperatures are between 13 – 17 C with again fresh winds and that has already pushed the fire index to near 60 base points and while this region remain in a pre-frontal phase for the morning and early afternoon period people must take care. This is now a 4rd day in a row that the index has remained rather high in this region, not that bad along the coast where the coastal low has increased the moisture levels.   Regions like Kimberley that was rather cold with sunrise over the last couple of days is also in the pre-frontal phase and temperatures are above 5-6 C with no frost. In general it will become cold in the west but mild over the central parts and warm from Gauteng north and eastwards during the afternoon period. With cold air starting to push in from the west the wind will become a bit more gusty during the day over the central and eastern parts and although not extremely dangerous fire weather it will become close to danger conditions more so when and if a fire is started and not controlled properly. Please take care. A lovely day is expected  for Loftus and by 5pm the temperature should start to drop to reasonable levels but still take into account that the air is dry and players should take enough water before and during the game.

Have a lovely day and enjoy the Rugby and congrats to the cricketers that has won a game!!  

Goeie môre almal,

Hoofsaaklik mooiweer en koud oor feitlik die hele land en temperature bly maar laag oor die sentrale en westelike binneland in die oggend. Daar is wel dele waar daar ‘n effense wind is wat lugvermenging bewerkstellig met effens hoër temperature maar met wind voel dit in elke geval nog steeds koud. Mens kan die koue front sien suid-wes van die Kaap maar is beslis effens verder suid van die Kaap as die koue front vroeër in die week wat sowat 15-30mm verskaf het, maar die een lyk nie so rof nie maar kan tog vanaf vannag weer ‘n paar reënbuie afgee oor die suidelike Kaapse gebiede. Met ‘n naderende koue front by die Kaap loop mens altyd die risiko dat die vloei aflandig word oor die Oos-Kaap se kusgebiede en aangrensende binneland met effe hoër brandgevaar toestande, dus wees op die uitkyk vir rook, waar daar ‘n rokie trek is daar erens ‘n vuur wat beveg moet word. In die pre-frontale fase word dit altyd darem so ‘n graad of twee warmer op die maksimum kant oor die binneland en sowat 4-5 C warmer oor die Laeveld en Kwazulu-Natal waar die brandindekse ook sal toeneem. Moet dus nie vandag kanse wat om ‘n stuk ou land af te brand nie, nie tensy jy/sy genoeg brandbestrydings mense en toerusting het nie. Wanneer ons soos vandag pre-frontaal is oor die binneland moet ons altyd in gedagte hou dit word weer een of ander tyd post frontaal dus weer kouer. Ek het gaan kyk wat verlede jaar in Augustus gebeur het en moet sê as mens nie rekord hou van die weer nie dan vergeet mens gou dat Augustus nogal koud kan word op sekere dae en verlede jaar was dit veral kouer in die gem as Julie, so ons kan nog nie regtig dink dat ons nou skielik vroeë lente gaan begin ervaar nie, ja die sonskyn ure per dag word stadig maar seker meer soos die son suidwaarts beweeg (vanaf die 21 Junie) maar die son bereik eers weer die ewenaar teen die 21ste September en dit is nog amper 2 maande weg, so ja, daar gaan nog koue dae voorkom met ryp in Augustus. Met geen duidelike sein dat ons in La Nina of El Nino inbeweeg nie is dit 50/50 of ons dalk weer soos verlede jaar in Augustus ons eerste lente reën sal kry, ons sal maar moet wag en kyk.  Buiten vir die Kaap lyk dit darem of ons ‘n redelike Saterdag t.o.v weer kan verwag en behoort daar nie teveel issues te wees met die rugby op Loftus nie.

Geniet die dag en naweek. 

Good morning everyone:

Mostly again cold over most of the interior with frost over wide spread areas from Gauteng to Ellisras to Colesberg, De Aar, Kimberley and more, see complete list at www.netfor.co.za under 3 day forecast. Not a clearly defined cold front to the south of the country but more like a bundle of cloud around a weak defined low with some middle cloud over the little Karoo. There is also some cloud just off the east coast while there are cloudy patches over the Lowveld at first. This should burn away as the morning progress but should also delay a rapid rise in temperature. As for the rest of the country mostly sunny and with the sun out temperatures should recover to normal levels for this time of the year and normal this time of the year is still at best mild except the northern interior that may reach warm. Nothing else to report at this stage!! Have a lovely day.   

Goeie môre almal,

Dit is maar weereens lekker koud oor die land vanoggend en selfs ‘n plek soos Ellisras is 2 C vanoggend, Pretoria sowat 2-3 C en Vereeniging is bykans vriespunt. Vrek koud oor die Vrystaat met sub zero temperature en wyd verspreide ryp en dit ondanks ‘n paar strepe middel wolke wat oor die Noordelike dele van die noord-Kaap voorkom. Dit is oorblyfsels van die koue front wat gister vanuit die weste ingeslaan het. Die wolke is vanoggend versprei oor die suid-oos kus tot en met Kwazulu-Natal (meestal langs die kus) want plekke oor die westelike binneland van KZN is ook nog lekker koud vanoggend met Escort so in die omgewing van 2 C en dan sal ‘n plek soos Mooirivier ook nog lekker koud wees vanoggend. Die druk styg langs die ooskus wat beteken die kanse is redelik goed dat die wolke nou langs die kus ook verder noord sal inbeweeg na die Laeveld met hoër vogvlakke.  Dit is nog deels bewolk oor die dele van die suidelike dele van die Wes-Kaap maar die vloei is effens aflandig vanoggend dus koud maar meer sonnig na die afgelope 36 uur se reën wat kol-kol daar voorgekom het. In geheel gesien is die land vandag meer post frontaal dus sal die maksimum temperature maar sukkel in die meeste gevalle om 20 C te haal uitgesluit die noordelike binneland (uitgesluit die Laeveld in die ooste) waar temperature weer in die lae 20’s kan inbeweeg. Nou nie ‘n erge bolugversteuring nie maar net-net genoeg dat daar so ‘n paar strepe middel en hoë wolke verder ooswaarts kan uitbrei soos die dag aanstap. Die vog het skerp toegeneem oor die Oos-Kaap met die gevolg dat die hoë brandgevaar wat daar geheers het oor veral die aangrensende platorand behoort aansienlik laer te wees vandag as die vorige 48 uur. Daar is weer koue fronte oppad na die Kaap in die volgende paar dae maar weereens lyk hulle nie goed genoeg en veral nie ver genoeg noord om te sê dat dit skerp sal opwarm oor die binneland nie, dit is nou in pre-frontale fases, maar behoort goed genoeg te wees vir weer reën oor die suidelike dele van die Wes-Kaap, volg die 3 dag voorspelling wat gratis by www.netfor.co.za beskikbaar is. (Net vir die wat dink dat die winter nou einde se kant toe moet staan, het so bietjie gaan loer wat verlede jaar gebeur het in Augustus, wel Augustus verlede jaar was daar heelwat aansienlik kouer dae as in Julie, so ek dink nie ons kan nou al sê dat die winter verby gaan wees binnekort nie, ja daar gaan verseker nog dae wees wat warmer sal wees maar daar gaan ook dae wees waar daar dalk nog ‘n skerp bolugtrog oorland inslaan en as dit gebeur dan beweeg die maksimum temperature oor Gauteng so laag as tussen 5-8 C in dit is vrek koud!! Moet dus nog nie dink aan warm klere wegpak nie!!)

Bly warm en veilig.  

Good morning everyone:

Yes, it started to rain over the Cape and I see isolated values of between 22 to 24 mm and even up to 10mm in the Tulbach area. Looking at the picture it does look as if more rain and showers can fall during the morning period but become more isolated showers during the afternoon.  Still mostly cold over the interior and Pretoria sits at 2 C this morning and Ellisras at 1C with frost.  A bit warmer over the central interior due to air flow that is a bit stronger in the pre-frontal phase and it is still rather windy over the East London region including the adjacent interior areas with rather high FDI (Fire danger index) Please take care and do not have an oops when it comes to fires.  Also cold over the northern interior this morning but as the day progress it should warm up a bit more than yesterday (pre-frontal) but pre-frontal means that it will become post frontal in time thus colder again! Looking at the overhaul picture it will still be a very standard winters day, rain in the Cape as it should this time of the year and sunny over the interior. Stay warm and safe!