Chilly winter morning in Jozi

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Cold weather here to stay This week's freezing weather is here to stay, at least until the weekend, says the South African Weather Service. May 24, 2006 By Shamin Chibba WINTER has introduced itself to Joburg the way it knows best – with ferociously chilly temperatures and cheek-numbingly cold winds. And Evert Scholtz, a forecaster at the South African Weather Service, says the weather will remain frosty until the end of the week. "We are expecting improvement from Friday onwards." Minimum temperatures are measured in the early morning. "The coldest time is just before sunrise or when the skies were clear the night before," he explains. The cold weather has been brought on by the sub-polar air that swept across South Africa on Saturday. "It will become partly cloudy tomorrow but will still be cold." But Joburgers are adapting to the weather, with Malcolm Midgley of the City's emergency management services saying that so far there have not been many cold-related incidents. "There has only been a couple of fires because of people trying to keep warm with electric and oil heaters." To prevent such accidents, Midgley advises people to "to make sure that their heating devices [are] correctly connected, to make sure that oil is not leaking and that there are no badly made connections". The forecast for Wednesday, 24 May, is a low of -1°C and a high of 14°C. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za