Strong cold front approaching, bringing cold weather with snow from Tuesday

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GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS AND VIDEO - In the latest weather update from SA Weather Service, a cold front is expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape provinces from Tuesday into Wednesday.

Here is what you need to know:

Fire danger warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Beaufort West municipality on Monday, 19 May.

Weather warnings

1. A yellow level 2 warning for strong to gale-force winds (gusting 70–90km/h) inland and along the coast, expected between Alexander Bay and Cape Agulhas from Tuesday, spreading to Plettenberg Bay from the evening. The strong wind is expected to subside on Thursday morning.

2. A yellow level 2 warning for damaging interior winds is expected over the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the Central Karoo of the Western Cape on Tuesday leading to longer travel times, problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes, localised damage to informal and formal settlements and communication/power disruptions.

3 A yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall is expected over the Cape Winelands, Cape Metropole, West Coast and western parts of the Overberg Districts of the Western Cape on Tuesday leading to localised flooding of susceptible formal and informal settlements, roads, low-lying areas and bridges.

VIDEO: Weather warning: Severe weather conditions for Tuesday 20 May

The public and small stock farmers are advised that cold to very cold, wet and windy conditions with snowfall are expected over the high-lying areas of the Western Cape and southern Namakwa District of the Northern Cape on Tuesday.