The South African Weather Service told The Star on Monday that the heat is due to an anticyclone or high pressure system in the upper air. |
The advancing anticyclone is centred between 35 and 40 degrees South. |
Near the centre of the anticyclone, the winds are light and the air can become stagnant. |
He created the term anticyclone and pointed out its importance in weather forecasting. |
The low pressure area departed during Thursday as a new anticyclone reached and passed the Cape. |
The first and most reliable symptom of the approach of an anticyclone is the west wind. |