News24 | Friday's weather: Severe weather alerts issued for most parts of SA

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Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding to persist in parts of the KwaZulu-Natal. (Busang Senne/News24)

Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding to persist in parts of the KwaZulu-Natal. (Busang Senne/News24)

A warning has been issued for parts of KwaZulu-Natal as disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding will persist in the area, according to the South African Weather Service.

Multiple warnings for rain, severe thunderstorms and damaging winds have been issued for KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Limpopo and Western Cape.

Impact-based warnings

Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to the flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslides along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, except the north coast.

Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to the localised flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslides over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior of the Eastern Cape.

Weather update for tomorrow, 14 March 2025:
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread along the east and south-east coast. ??Severe thunderstorms, disruptive rain and damaging winds and waves#saws #saweather pic.twitter.com/fvtfH4IMhK

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) March 13, 2025

Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in the localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, excessive lightning, and small hail are possible over the central and south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the south-western and southern parts of Limpopo.

Heavy wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay.

Heavy wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Mazeppa Bay.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: The day will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers expected.

Pretoria: 17°C — 25°C 

Johannesburg: 15°C — 23°C 

Vereeniging: 15°C — 23°C 

Mpumalanga: Expect morning fog along the escarpment. The region will be mostly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, though it will be partly cloudy in the west.

Mbombela: 18°C — 24°C 

Ermelo: 14°C — 22°C 

Emalahleni: 16°C — 20°C 

Standerton: 14°C — 22°C 

Skukuza: 18°C — 26°C 

Limpopo: Morning fog will occur along the escarpment. Otherwise, the province will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers. The eastern parts will be cloudier.

Polokwane: 17°C — 22°C 

Phalaborwa: 23°C — 28°C 

Tzaneen: 19°C — 25°C 

Musina: 21°C — 28°C 

Lephalale: 20°C — 27°C 

Mokopane: 17°C — 25°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm conditions are expected, with scattered showers and thundershowers, though these will be isolated in the east.

Klerksdorp: 15°C — 27°C 

Potchefstroom: 14°C — 26°C 

Mahikeng: 16°C — 27°C 

Rustenburg: 17°C — 28°C 

Vryburg: 16°C — 28°C 

Free State:

Morning fog patches are anticipated in the east. The rest of the day will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, although isolated in the east.

Bloemfontein: 16°C — 27°C 

Welkom: 16°C — 27°C 

Bethlehem: 12°C — 22°C

Northern Cape: Expect partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the west,  where it will be very hot. Windy conditions are likely in the central and eastern areas. Coastal regions can expect moderate northerly to north-westerly winds.

Upington: 22°C — 31°C 

Kimberley: 17°C — 27°C 

De Aar: 16°C — 26°C 

Western Cape: Cloudy conditions will prevail over the southern and eastern parts in the morning, with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. The central and eastern interior may experience isolated to scattered thundershowers from the afternoon.

The west will be fine and hot to very hot, but it will turn cloudy along the west coast in the evening with fog patches. Coastal winds will vary from light to moderate north-westerly along the west coast to moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly, becoming strong to near gale in places along the south-west and south coast.

Cape Town: 21°C — 34°C 

Vredendal: 21°C — 34°C 

Riversdale: 19°C — 24°C 

George: 18°C — 22°C 

Worcester: 18°C — 30°C 

Beaufort West: 17°C — 28°C 

Oudtshoorn: 18°C — 28°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: The region will be cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but these will be scattered in the extreme east and east coast. Expect fresh to strong easterly winds along the coast, shifting to north-easterly in the evening.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Expect cloudy and cold to cool conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread along the Wild Coast. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong easterly, turning north-easterly in the evening.

Gqberha: 17°C — 20°C 

Makhanda: 15°C — 18°C 

Cradock: 14°C — 22°C 

Komani: 13°C — 16°C 

Qonce: 15°C — 17°C 

KwaZulu-Natal: The province will be cloudy and cold to cool with widespread showers and thundershowers, though these will be scattered in the north-western areas.

Warmer conditions will prevail in the north-east. Coastal winds are expected to be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong in some areas.

Durban: 21°C — 24°C 

Richard's Bay: 22°C — 25°C 

Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 22°C 

Ladysmith: 14°C — 22°C


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

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