{"id":212774,"date":"2019-07-23T15:33:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=212774"},"modified":"2019-07-23T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:44:04","slug":"alert-break-winter-woollies-prepare-cold-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/23\/alert-break-winter-woollies-prepare-cold-front\/","title":{"rendered":"#ALERT: Break out the winter woollies and prepare for a cold front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng residents are encouraged to break out their woolly clothes and keep warm as a cold front is predicted to hit the province.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/61385\/take-precautions-in-the-cold\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take precautions in the cold<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The drop in temperatures is attributed to the\u00a0cold front, accompanied by snowfall, which is predicted to arrive on the shores of the Cape.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Temperatures are set to drop from the early hours of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34 ALERT: Second LARGER &amp; STRONGER COLD FRONT now sweeping through the Cape, brining potentially disruptive snowfall! First system dissipates, with second GAUTENG-BOUND FRONT WEAKENING BEFORE ARRIVAL in AM HOURS OF WEDNESDAY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uWn7HBKr5z\">pic.twitter.com\/uWn7HBKr5z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tWeatherSA\/status\/1153637362771091458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The cold front is predicted to bring with it snowfall in the Northern, Eastern and Western Cape, as well as Lesotho and the southern Free State, but will decrease in intensity by the time it reaches Gauteng.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115921\/wise-winter-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wise ways to keep warm<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Some simple tips on how to stay warm this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warm yourself first \u2013 It\u2019s easier to change your body temperature than the room temperature, not to mention more eco-friendly. Instead of turning up the heat, put on another layer of clothing.<\/li>\n<li>Wear a hat \u2013 Your mom may have said that you lose 80 per cent of your body heat through your head, but that\u2019s not actually true. You\u2019ll lose heat from any surface that\u2019s exposed, so put on your hat, even if you\u2019re inside.<\/li>\n<li>Switch between hot and cold water in the shower \u2013 Hot showers immediately warm you up, but cold showers improve blood circulation between your skin and organs, they are also\u00a0correlated with a stronger immune system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a 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