Snow Hits Parts Of South Africa For First Time In 40 Years; Scotland Sees Snow; Evidence For Solar-Driven Weakening Of The Jet Stream; + Global Temperature Drop

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Snow Hits Parts Of South Africa For First Time In 40 Years

As forecast, South Africa's snow persisted through Tuesday, blanketing some unexpected regions.

A winter wonderland for some, a morning of chaos for others, reports timeslive.co.za, as heavy snowfall swept swathes of the country, including parts of the Northern Cape for the first time in 40 years.

This makes for the third-year running that South Africa has posted rare snows, following the Johannesburg flakes of 2023—a year that also endured record-breaking polar blast, the big snows of 2022, and the widespread snowstorms and record cold of 2021.

Historic dumpings also hit Southern Africa in 2018, with snow hitting areas that hadn't seen flakes in some 150 years...

The South Africa Weather Service (SAWS) issued a disruptive snow warning for Tuesday across high-lying parts of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and Mother Nature delivered.

The below video by TrafficSA reveals blowing snow and disruptions on the N6:

“Eastern Cape - SNOW N6 Route: ROAD CLOSED through Penhoek pass“ — TrafficSA on X