The SA Weather Service Saws has issued multiple warnings as a cold front sweeps across the country, bringing freezing temperatures, scattered showers and snowfall over high-lying areas, including parts of the Eastern Cape and the Drakensberg mountains bordering Lesotho.
The weather service has issued a warning for the possibility of disruptive snow over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, which may also lead to icy roads on Wednesday.
For the weather outlook on Tuesday, Saws forecaster Lehlogonolo Thobela said isolated to scattered chances of rain and showers are expected over the southwestern interior, with widespread coverage mainly over the southwestern part of the Western Cape.
He said the scattered showers and rain will be over the western half of the Eastern Cape, extending into the extreme southeastern part of the Northern Cape. Very cold conditions are expected over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape, which may result in some snowfall over the Drakensberg mountains.
A warning has been issued for damaging waves which are expected along the west coast into the south coast, as well as damaging winds along the east coast. The waves may result in localised disruptions of beachfront activities and interrupt some harbours and ports.