SMS Weather Forecasts
Get SMS Weather Forecasts - we offer daily updates
We offer 1) comprehensive Today Weather forecast and 2) an abbreviated 4-day Weather forecast
Simply SMS the following KEYwords to 35010 @R3
(Works for CellC, MTN & Vodacom. No free sms.)
| The request SMS is composed of the Town code PLUS the letter W for Daily forecasts, or W4 for 4-day forecasts. |
| Weather - Daily & 4-day SMS forecasts | ||
| Cape Town - CTW =daily | Cape Town - CTW4 =4-day forecast | |
| Elands Bay - EBW or EBW4 | Langebaan - LAW or LAW4 | |
| Mossel Bay - MBW or MBW4 | George - GEOW or GEOW4 | Jeffreys Bay - JBW or JBW4 |
| Port Elizabeth - PEW or PEW4 | Port Alfred - PAW or PAW4 | East London - ELW or ELW4 |
| Durban - DBNW or DBNW4 | KZN S.Coast - SCW or SCW4 | KZN N.Coast - NCW or NCW4 |
| Joburg - JHBW or JHBW4 | Pretoria - PTAW or PTAW4 | Bloemfontein - BFNW or BFNW4 |
| Updated as conditions evolve around 2am 8am 2pm 8pm | ||
1) The location and date 2) Minimum and Maximum Temperature for the day - in °C.
3) Then we divide the forecast into Morning = AM and Afternoon = PM
4) Cloud Cover for the area as a percentage of total sky, and 5) the Total Rain in mm for the period
6) Windspeed and Direction in kph (for knots multiply divide kph by 1.85 or roughly HALVE it)
| CPT 28Sep Min11/Max26 degC AM= Cloud 3% Rain 0mm Wind SSE 5-11kph PM= Cloud 5% Rain 0mm Wind SE 10-15kph |
Daily SMS 4-Day Weather Forecast Explained
The legend for the values is the first line. Each day is on 1x line - they follow each other
1) Min & Max temperature for the day in °C,
2) The maximum Cloud cover (as a percentage of total sky),
3) Total Rain for the day in millimetres (25.4 mm = inch),
4) Windspeed in kph (for knots divide by 1.85 or roughly HALVE it!)
5) Wind direction.
| CPT Min Max degC-Cloud-Rain-Wind kph 28Sep 11/26 5% 0mm 5-15 SE 29Sep 13/29 0% 0mm 12-18 SE 30Sep 13/22 95% 0.2mm 6-15 WNW 01Oct 7/16 86% 1mm 13-21 SSW |
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