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The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms, which may lead to localised flooding of settlements and roads in northern KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of the country.
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Wet weather is expected on Friday, with severe thunderstorms bringing heavy downpours, strong winds, hail and lightning across much of the country, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Weather warnings are in place for KwaZulu-Natal (except the north-east), Gauteng, parts of Limpopo, the Mpumalanga Highveld, North West, Free State, and central to northern Eastern Cape, as well as the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
Localised flooding of roads, low-lying areas and bridges is likely, with potential damage to infrastructure, property and vehicles.
Meanwhile, the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal can expect hot and humid conditions that will make for an extremely uncomfortable day. Morning fog patches will also affect visibility in the Free State, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warning:
Yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over KwaZulu-Natal, except in the north-east.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape, North West, Free State, central and the northern parts of the Eastern Cape as well as the Mpumalanga Highveld, southern parts of Limpopo and Gauteng.
Advisories
Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with afternoon scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 18-28°C
Johannesburg: 16-26°C
Vereeniging: 17-27°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east. It will be hot to very hot on the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 19-30°C
Ermelo: 17-27°C
Emalahleni: 17-26°C
Standerton: 17-29°C
Skukuza: 22-34°C
Limpopo: Morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. It will be warm over the central parts.
Polokwane: 18-29°C
Phalaborwa: 22-34°C
Tzaneen: 20-30°C
Musina: 23-34°C
Lephalale: 22-34°C
Mokopane: 21-31°C
North West: Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 17-27°C
Potchefstroom: 17-27°C
Mahikeng: 17-29°C
Rustenburg: 17-31°C
Vryburg: 17-29°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in the east and central parts at first, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 16-26°C
Welkom: 16-26°C
Bethlehem: 14-24°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches in the far east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the central and eastern parts.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.
Upington: 21-36°C
Kimberley: 17-28°C
De Aar: 17-30°C
Alexander Bay: 18-25°C
Springbok: 15-26°C
Calvinia: 16-28°C
Sutherland: 13-27°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and warm in the west, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern interior but scattered along the south coast.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong along the south-west coast, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly along the south coast from the afternoon.
Cape Town: 18-24°C
Vredendal: 16-27°C
Riversdale: 18-22°C
George: 18-22°C
Worcester: 17-26°C
Beaufort West: 18-28°C
Oudtshoorn: 18-27°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Willowmore and Jansenville area.
The wind along the coast will be light easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread south of the eastern escarpment.
The wind along the coast will be light northerly at first, otherwise moderate easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the evening.
Gqeberha: 20-24°C
Makhanda: 18-25°C
Cradock: 17-29°C
Graaff-Reinet: 17-27°C
East London: 21-25°C
Port St Johns: 20-27°C
Mthatha: 18-27°C
Komani: 16-28°C
Qonce: 19-26°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers expected.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong in places by afternoon.
Durban: 24-29°C
Richards Bay: 23-33°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18-30°C
Ladysmith: 16-32°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
