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Snow starts to clear up
21/04/2008 14:07 - (SA)
Pretoria - Snow which had been falling over the Eastern Cape overnight was starting to clear up, the SA Weather Services said on Monday.
"We are not expecting any further snow over the northern parts of the Eastern Cape including Elliot and Barkly East. It is beginning to clear already," said spokesperson Evert Scholtz.
Snow had also fallen on the Drakensberg and in Lesotho.
The weather services said the weather over the country would improve over the week, despite heavy rains in parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
"Some parts of the province have experienced heavy rains which began on Sunday. These areas include Port St Johns, which recorded 105mm of rain, while the airport in Durban recorded 43mm of rain, and Cradock 48mm overnight."
He said that it was still raining in some parts of the province.
"The rain is expected to clear up from this afternoon," he said.
The cold weather conditions experienced in the interior of the country would also clear up.
"There will be a temperature recovery from Wednesday onwards for most of the country," he said.
He added that there was a possibility of frost over the Free State, parts of the North West and Mpumalanga on Tuesday.
A cold front was expected to reach Cape Town on Thursday.
"It will not be as severe as the previous one, it will slide to the south-east."
For Gauteng, temperatures were expected to remain low.
Temperatures for Pretoria were expected to rise to 23°C on Wednesday while temperatures for Johannesburg would also rise.
"By Saturday temperatures are expected to peak at 24°C," said Scholtz.
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