Heavy September Snow Hit South Africa; UK Met Office Bonus Scandal; + Record Arctic Sea Ice Growth

Snowing. South Africa. September.

Heavy September Snow Hits South Africa

Exceptionally heavy snow buried the higher elevations of South Africa on Saturday, stranding motorists as drifts topped 2 meters (6.6 feet) in some parts.

The storm, one of the heaviest in recent memory, affected multiple provinces, including Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, and Gauteng.

The N3 Toll Route, a major highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban, was shut down from Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal to Harrismith in the Free State, as the thick snow rendered roads impassable.

Even detours became unusable, leaving many motorists trapped.

Emergency services struggled to reach stranded drivers, working through the night to provide assistance. "They have been working flat out through the night, attempting to reach as many road users as they can," a representative told France 24.

In some regions, snowdrifts reached 2 meters (6.6 feet), making travel almost impossible and rescue efforts difficult.

The snowfall also hit parts of Lesotho. Social media posts show vast areas of the landlocked Kingdom under significant accumulations of rare September snow:

Looking ahead, local meteorologists have warned of additional snow in the coming days as Southern Africa can't decide which season it's in. Then another Antarctic blasts looks likely next week and all, with the coldest air scheduled for Mon, Sept 30:

GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) Sept 30 [tropicaltidbits.com].

UK Met Office Bonus Scandal

The UK Met Office has once again proven itself to be little more than a bloated, agenda-driven bureaucracy—another cog in the globalist machine pushing the AGW narrative.