News24 | Friday’s weather: Severe hailstorms, flooding risk in many regions; hot and humid in KZN

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Gauteng, Free State, North West, and parts of KwaZulu-Natal will have afternoon thunderstorms with possible hail.

Gauteng, Free State, North West, and parts of KwaZulu-Natal will have afternoon thunderstorms with possible hail.

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Gauteng, Free State, North West, and parts of KwaZulu-Natal can expect afternoon thunderstorms with possible hail, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS). It will also be hot and uncomfortable in parts KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings:

Severe thunderstorms with large hail and localised flooding are expected over vast parts of Free State, North West, Gauteng, western KwaZulu-Natal, southern Mpumalanga, extreme south-western Limpopo, and extreme north-eastern Northern Cape. Susceptible roads, low-lying areas, and bridges may be affected.

Advisories

Hot and humid weather will result in very uncomfortable conditions over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

The weather in your province:

Gauteng: Cloudy in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Pretoria: 17°C - 28°C

Johannesburg: 15°C - 25°C

Vereeniging: 16°C - 28°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy with morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers over the Highveld.

Mbombela: 20°C - 29°C

Ermelo: 16°C - 28°C

Emalahleni: 17°C - 28°C

Standerton: 15°C - 29°C

Skukuza: 20°C - 33°C

Limpopo: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Polokwane: 17°C - 29°C

Phalaborwa: 21°C - 31°C

Tzaneen: 19°C - 29°C

Musina: 22°C - 32°C

Lephalale: 21°C - 31°C

Mokopane: 19°C - 31°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Klerksdorp: 18°C - 31°C

Potchefstroom: 17°C - 29°C

Mahikeng: 20°C - 33°C

Rustenburg: 19°C - 30°C

Vryburg: 21°C - 33°C

Free State: Morning fog patches over the eastern parts, otherwise cloudy, windy and warm to hot, with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western parts.

Bloemfontein: 20°C - 31°C

Welkom: 20°C - 30°C

Bethlehem: 14°C - 28°C

Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but partly cloudy and windy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh southerly.

Upington: 23°C - 38°C

Kimberley: 22°C - 35°C

De Aar: 18°C - 35°C

Alexander Bay: 17°C - 24°C

Springbok: 21°C - 34°C

Calvinia: 14°C - 34°C

Sutherland: 13°C - 31°C

Western Cape: Morning fog patches in the extreme south-east, otherwise fine and warm to hot. It will be partly cloudy in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

Cape Town: 18°C - 30°C

Vredendal: 14°C - 32°C

Riversdale: 19°C - 35°C

George: 18°C - 26°C

Worcester: 19°C - 37°C

Beaufort West: 19°C - 37°C

Oudtshoorn: 16°C - 38°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places over the interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh north-easterly.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm with light rain along the coast and adjacent interior in the morning. Scattered afternoon thunderstorms over the interior, but isolated in the west. The wind along the coast will be fresh north-easterly.

Gqeberha: 20°C - 28°C

Makhanda: 18°C - 31°C

Cradock: 16°C - 35°C

Graaff-Reinet: 18°C - 35°C

East London: 21°C - 27°C

Port St Johns: 21°C - 27°C

Umtata: 18°C - 30°C

Komani: 16°C - 34°C

Qonce: 18°C - 28°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers in the west and southern interior, otherwise isolated except in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.

Durban: 23°C - 29°C

Richard’s Bay: 23°C - 32°C

Pietermaritzburg: 19°C - 32°C

Ladysmith: 18°C - 32°C

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.

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