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Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to floods are expected in most parts of the country.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to floods, strong winds and hail in parts of Gauteng, the North West, Northern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Strong winds are also expected in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape while hot and humid weather is forecast for KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
Orange level 5 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to flooding of roads, settlements and low-lying areas, as well as damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lighting are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the North West, as well as the central and eastern parts of the Free State.
Yellow level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, as well as possible strong damaging winds, hail, and excessive lightning are expected over the central north-east of the Northern Cape, south-western parts of the Free State, the eastern parts of the North West, Gauteng, western highveld of Mpumalanga, as well as parts of KwaZulu-Natal (except for the extreme north-east).
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, hail, and excessive lightning, are expected over the south-western parts of Limpopo, as well as the eastern highveld and escarpment areas of Mpumalanga.
Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to small vessels taking on water and capsizing in a locality and difficulty in navigation at sea, are expected between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay from the evening, into Saturday.
In the SAWS’s colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
The SAWS uses numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low.
Advisories
Hot to very hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Expect a cloudy and cool day with widespread showers and thundershowers. Be prepared for wet conditions and potential disruptions.
Pretoria: 17°C — 20°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 18°C
Vereeniging: 17°C — 19°C
Mpumalanga: The province will experience cloudy and cool to warm weather with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
In the lowveld, it will be hot with only isolated showers.
Mbombela: 19°C — 27°C
Ermelo: 14°C — 20°C
Emalahleni: 16°C — 21°C
Standerton: 14°C — 21°C
Skukuza: 21°C — 33°C
Limpopo: A cloudy and warm to hot day is forecast, with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. The Lowveld and Limpopo Valley will see isolated showers.
Polokwane: 18°C — 25°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C — 32°C
Tzaneen: 18°C — 29°C
Musina: 21°C — 34°C
Lephalale: 20°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 18°C — 29°C
North West: Prepare for a cloudy and cool day with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 17°C — 22°C
Potchefstroom: 18°C — 21°C
Mahikeng: 17°C — 22°C
Rustenburg: 17°C — 20°C
Vryburg: 17°C — 24°C
Free State: The province will be cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 17°C — 21°C
Welkom: 17°C — 21°C
Bethlehem: 15°C — 19°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast will give way to cloudy conditions, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm in the afternoon. The central interior will clear up by the afternoon.
The north-east will experience isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, with widespread showers in the extreme north-east. Coastal winds will shift from light to moderate northerly/north-westerly to moderate southerly/south-westerly by evening.
Upington: 20°C — 29°C
Kimberley: 18°C — 26°C
De Aar: 17°C — 27°C
Alexander Bay: 17°C — 26°C
Springbok: 12°C — 22°C
Calvinia: 10°C — 23°C
Sutherland: 8°C — 22°C
Western Cape: Expect cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm weather, with hot conditions in the Beaufort West municipality. Isolated showers and rain are expected over the south and south-western parts from the afternoon, while the central parts will be fine in the morning.
Coastal winds will vary, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly to westerly along the south-west and southern coast by evening.
Cape Town: 17°C — 22°C
Vredendal: 16°C — 25°C
Riversdale: 14°C — 29°C
George: 16°C — 24°C
Worcester: 15°C — 25°C
Beaufort West: 17°C — 32°C
Oudtshoorn: 16°C — 31°C
Western half of the Western Cape: Partly cloudy and warm with light morning rain in some areas. Coastal winds will shift from light south-westerly to light south-easterly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, clearing from the west in the afternoon. Coastal winds will become light southerly from late morning.
Gqeberha: 19°C — 23°C
Makhanda: 17°C — 25°C
Cradock: 16°C — 29°C
Graaff-Reinet: 15°C — 27°C
East London: 21°C — 24°C
Port St Johns: 20°C — 24°C
Mthatha: 16°C — 25°C
Komani: 16°C — 27°C
Qonce: 18°C — 25°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places will clear to cloudy and warm to hot conditions. Expect isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, with widespread showers in the west and south.
Coastal winds will vary throughout the day, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly in the afternoon between Port Edward and Durban. Other areas will see moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly winds, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Durban: 24°C — 32°C
Richard’s Bay: 25°C — 35°C
Pietermaritzburg: 20°C — 30°C
Ladysmith: 18°C — 27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
