The city will start the long weekend on a mild note, with partly cloudy skies forecast for Friday. Cape Town will experience a mixed bag of weather over the long weekend, with rain forecast for much of the four-day break before conditions clear into sunshine by midweek, according to the South African Weather Service (Saws). Mild start to the long weekendThe city will start the long weekend on a mild note, with partly cloudy skies forecast for Friday, 7 August. Additionally, temperatures are expected to range between 10°C and 18°C, the South African Weather Service said. Clear skies will not yet have returned by the end of the break, though the wet conditions of the weekend will have eased.