Current warning: Eastern Cape
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
Warning: Take action
Subject: Extremely uncomfortable Hot and Humid, Fire Danger, severe Thunderstorms
Detail: Valid for 12-01-2012: Warning: -------- 1. Extremely uncomfortable, humid conditions are expected. 2. Extremely hot over northern and central parts. 3. A high veld fire danger is expected over the northwestern part. Watch: ------ 1. Severe thunderstorms are expected in places over the north-eastern parts.
Current warning: Free State
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
Watch: Be prepared
Subject: Severe Thunderstorms
Detail: Valid for 12-01-2012: watch: ------- 1. Severe thunderstorms are expected in extreme east.
Current warning: Gauteng
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
Watch: Be prepared
Subject: No Alerts.
Detail: No Alerts.
Current warning: Kwazulu Natal
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
Watch: Be prepared
Subject: Extremely uncomfortable humid conditions and Severe Thunderstorms
Detail: Valid for 12-01-2012: warning: -------- 1. Extremely uncomfortable, humid conditions are expected in the eastern parts. Watch: ------ 2. Severe thunderstorms are expected in places in the west.
Current warning: Western Cape
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
Warning: Take action
Subject: Extremely hot and Veldfires
Detail: Valid for 12-01-2012: 1. A high veld fire danger rating is expected over the Breede River Valley and Karoo areas of Western Cape. 2. Extremely hot conditions are expected over the Central Karoo of Western Cape.
Current warning: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Provnce, Northern Cape.
Updated: 12/01/2012 05:19:47
No warnings nor advisories in effect
Subject: No Alerts.
Detail: No Alerts.
- SA Weather Service
SAWDIS: The SA Weather Service's severe weather warnings for today is once again misleading and confusing to the public. The SAWS Map shows a weather warning for Gauteng. A watch is displayed (Watch: Be prepared) in the word section. In the detail section No Alerts is displayed. The question now arise whether a warning is in effect for Gauteng or not.
This is not the first time that misleading and confusing weather warnings has been issued by the SA Weather Service. This might just be a glitch that needs to be rectified but either the SA Weather Service don't care or see this as no big issue as the same mistake is made time and again.
Some might argue that this is really petty and not an issue at all. This is far from the truth! If you issue official weather warnings then there must be no confusion or misunderstanding that can confuse the general public. Peoples lives depend on timely and correct weather warnings.
The SAWDIS will now launch a formal complaint in this regard and will keep our readers informed of the outcome.
See the SA Weather Services Web-Site by clicking HERE.
Correct, launch a formal complaint. I did so too about seasonal forecast map which was incorrectly dated. The error was corrected.
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