GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - In its regional forecast, the SA Weather Service issued an orange level 6 warning for damaging winds and waves resulting in danger to navigation at sea. The strong wind is expected between Cape Agulhas and Plettenberg from overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, with waves continuing through Thursday morning, 13-15 August.
A yellow level 1 warning for damaging interior winds leading to localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes, is expected over southern Namakwa (N. Cape) and the Central Karoo district (W. Cape) on Tuesday afternoon 13 August.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the central and Little Karoo today, Tuesday 13 August.
A cold front is expected to pass through the Eastern Cape on Wednesday. The public and small stock farmers are advised that cold conditions, strong to gale force winds along the coast and over the interior, as well as high seas can be expected.
Weather forecast for today, 13 August
Western Cape:
Cloudy and cold to cool but warm over the Central Karoo and northern Garden Route areas with isolated to scattered rain over the western parts from the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly to westerly along the south-western and southern coast but gale from the afternoon, becoming fresh south-westerly along the western and southwestern coast from the evening, otherwise light to moderate southeasterly to southerly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.
Eastern Cape (western half):
Partly cloudy and cool in places, otherwise fine, windy and warm.
It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast west of Gqeberha at night.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly in the afternoon, reaching gale force west of Gqeberha at night.
Eastern Cape (eastern half):
Cool in the north, otherwise fine, windy and warm, but partly cloudy in places.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in places, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
It will become fresh to strong south-westerly from the south in the evening.
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