Heavy snowfall is currently being reported in southern Africa.
The two commercial ski areas in the region – Tiffindell in South Africa and Afriski in Lesotho - both say it is snowing heavily this morning (13th June). Afriski (pictured above this morning) say that 23cm/9 inches has fallen so far.
The two resorts officially opened almost a fortnight ago but had not been Able to open, other than on short patches of machine made snow – due to lack of cover. This now looks set to change from today onwards.
A statement on social media from Afriski said, "The highly-anticipated cold front has delivered what it promised and we have experienced heavy snow fall from last night through to this morning. We sure do love a snow day here at Afriski."
Southeren African ski areas are typically among the first to open in the southern hemisphere each winter and also close in late August, a few weeks before ski areas in other countries south of the equator.