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Severe thunderstorms and rain, leading to localised flooding, are expected in the Eastern Cape, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal. (Ali Majdfar/Getty Images)
The South Africa Weather Service has issued several warnings of severe thunderstorms and rain leading to localised flooding in the Eastern Cape, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Damaging winds leading to localised damage are also expected in parts of the Eastern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Level 5 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding, damage to settlements, property, vehicles and infrastructure are expected in places over the central and northern interior of the Eastern Cape.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised damage to settlements, property, vehicles and disruption to power supply are expected in places over the Eastern Cape, except in the extreme east.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised damage to settlements, property, vehicles and disruption to power supply are expected in places over eastern North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga Highveld as well as the extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised damage to settlements, property, vehicles, disruption of harbours and ports and difficulty in navigation at sea are expected in places along the coast between Oyster Bay and Coffee Bay, as well as over Kouga Local Municipality and the Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape.
In the weather service's colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness.
The weather service uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring.
??Weather & severe weather alerts for tomorrow, 28 March 2025. As well as the weather outlook for Saturday & Sunday, 29 - 30 March 2025.
Scattered to widespread showers & thundershowers are expected over the central & eastern parts of the country. #saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/ZLViTNaXhH
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 15°C - 22°C
Johannesburg: 13°C - 20°C
Vereeniging: 13°C - 22°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm.
Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected, except for isolated to scattered rainfall in the Lowveld and along the escarpment. The east will become partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Mbombela: 18°C - 26°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 20°C
Emalahleni: 16°C - 23°C
Standerton: 15°C - 21°C
Skukuza: 21°C - 29°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches and drizzle along the escarpment, becoming partly cloudy in the east by the afternoon. The day will be cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers excluding the extreme north.
Polokwane: 17°C - 24°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C - 30°C
Tzaneen: 18°C - 25°C
Musina: 21°C - 31°C
Lephalale: 20°C - 27°C
Mokopane: 18°C - 25°C
North West: Morning fog patches in the eastern parts, clearing to cloudy and cool to warm conditions. Scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers are expected, although rain will be more isolated in the western areas where skies will be partly cloudy.
Klerksdorp: 16°C - 23°C
Potchefstroom: 16°C - 22°C
Mahikeng: 17°C - 24°C
Rustenburg: 18°C - 25°C
Vryburg: 17°C - 25°C
Free State: Cloudy in the east and extreme south but partly cloudy in other areas.
Temperatures will be cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. Rainfall will lighten to isolated showers in the central and western parts.
Bloemfontein: 15°C - 26°C
Welkom: 17°C - 24°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 19°C
Northern Cape: Expect morning fog along the coast, with the rest of the day fine and warm to hot. Central and eastern areas may see partly cloudy skies with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Coastal winds will shift from moderate southerly to westerly, north-westerly in the afternoon.
Upington: 21°C - 33°C
Kimberley: 17°C - 29°C
De Aar: 14°C - 28°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C - 24°C
Springbok: 16°C - 29°C
Calvinia: 13°C - 30°C
Sutherland: 11°C - 27°C
Western Cape: Morning fog will appear along the west coast, transitioning into a fine and warm day. Eastern and central parts of the province may experience isolated showers and thundershowers under partly cloudy skies.
Evening fog is expected over the west and south-western regions. Winds along the south coast will be strong easterly, turning lighter near the west coast.
Cape Town: 18°C - 28°C
Vredendal: 14°C - 30°C
Riversdale: 13°C - 30°C
George: 13°C - 26°C
Worcester: 16°C - 31°C
Beaufort West: 13°C - 27°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C - 28°C
Western half of Eastern Cape: Morning fog in the south will make way for partly cloudy and cool to warm weather. Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected, though rainfall intensity reduces to scattered along the coast west of Port Alfred. Winds along the coast will strengthen east of Oyster Bay.
Eastern half of Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places, followed by cloudy and cool to warm weather.
Widespread showers and thundershowers are forecast, with lighter rain in the extreme east. Coastal winds will become fresh to strong from mid-morning.
Gqeberha: 17°C - 24°C
Makhanda: 13°C - 25°C
Cradock: 11°C - 26°C
Graaff-Reinet: 12°C - 24°C
East London: 18°C - 24°C
Port St Johns: 19°C - 25°C
Umtata: 13°C - 24°C
Komani: 12°C - 25°C
Qonce: 14°C - 24°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior will lead to a cloudy and cool to warm day. Scattered showers and thundershowers will occur, being widespread across the north-east. Coastal winds will remain moderate to fresh, blowing easterly to north-easterly.
Durban: 19°C - 26°C
Richard's Bay: 20°C - 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 15°C - 24°C
Ladysmith: 16°C - 23°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
