THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY · EVENT← TODAY'S COVERsevere
South Africa — Orange level 6 on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast
THE RISK WINDOW
Orange level 6 disruptive rain and flooding for the KZN south coast and adjacent interior Thursday into Friday, Yellow 4 over KZN, the eastern Free State and the southern Mpumalanga Highveld, Yellow 2 for Eastern Cape rain and Northern and Western Cape damaging winds, with snow over eastern Lesotho, the southern Drakensberg and the Western Cape highlands. Verified, and stronger than this page called.
THE RECORD
3 turning points on record since Sep 13.
Sep 16active → building
Sep 15building → active
Sep 13appeared, building
WHO IT TOUCHES
Public safetynine national warning systems live at once, three fatalities already counted, and exactly one hazard with a published start time
Maritimean island chain in a named storm's path, two genesis areas offshore, and a fishing coast under red
Energycooling load in one hemisphere, heating load in the other, and a hydropower release running to a published plan
CONNECTED
The southern hemisphere's early-spring cold tap, running in two places at once — Antarctic air holding 15 to 60 cm of snow on the Patagonian plateaus while a cut-off low puts Orange level 6 on the KwaZulu-Natal coast and snow on the southern Drakensberg.