WEEKEND WEATHER: Snow, icy-cold conditions expected

Jacob Moshokoa, standing in for CapeTalk's Clarence Ford, speaks to Annette Botha, a meteorologist with Vox Weather.

Listen below: 

The South African Weather Services is warning residents of Cape Town, the Cape Winelands, the western parts of the Overberg, as well as the southern parts of the West Coast, of a strong cut-off low-pressure system that’s expected to hit South Africa over the weekend.

This system will result in icy temperatures, strong winds, and rainy and snowy weather, starting in the Western and Northern Cape, before moving eastward to affect the central and eastern provinces.

Six of the nine provinces are expected to get snow, says Botha.

More than 50 millimetres of rain are expected to fall in the Western Cape this weekend and early next week.

"The wind will start picking up tonight and on Saturday morning. A very strong cold front is going to make landfall over the Western Cape... but this system has a bit of upper air support and with that there's going to develop a cut-off low weather system on Sunday over the Western Cape... these types of systems are notorious for cold and icy conditions which will spread across the country."

- Annette Botha, Meteorologist - Vox Weather

Botha says farmers with small crops and people living along the coast should take necessary precautions. 

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Here's what the weather forecast looks like for parts of the Western Cape:

Cape Town

Saturday

• High: 16°C
• Low: 10°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Sunday

• High: 14°C
• Low: 11°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Stellenbosch

Saturday

• High: 12°C
• Low: 7°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Sunday

• High: 11°C
• Low: 6°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Paarl

Saturday

• High: 13°C
• Low: 7°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Sunday

• High: 13°C
• Low: 7°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

George

Saturday

• High: 18°C
• Low: 9°C
• Chance of rain: 30%

Sunday

• High: 12°C
• Low: 9°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Knysna

Saturday

• High: 20°C
• Low: 10°C
• Chance of rain: 30%

Sunday

• High: 13°C
• Low: 10°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Hermanus

Saturday

• High: 16°C
• Low: 14°C
• Chance of rain: 80%

Sunday

• High: 14°C
• Low: 13°C
• Chance of rain: 80%