Did it snow in Cape Town's city centre on Wednesday? Yes, say office workers. Unlikely, says the SA Weather Service.
As the city shivered in a biting north wind and driving rain, callers to a local radio station reported seeing snowflakes in the centre. One man said he had seen snow in Muizenberg.
Although an email photograph of snow on Table Mountain was circulating in the city on Wednesday, a staffer at the Table Mountain cableway said it was an image taken several years ago.
The staffer said the cableway did not have staff on top of the mountain, which was covered in heavy cloud, and it was not known whether it was snowing there.
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South African Weather Service forecaster in Cape Town, Carlton Fillis, said the level at which moisture froze was 2 100 metres.
"Table Mountain is (about 1 086m) high and the possibility of snow there is remote - more so the possibility of snow in Muizenberg," he said, adding that snow in the city centre would require a much lower temperature. - Sapa
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This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Times on August 18, 2005
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