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Thundershowers are expected in most parts of the country.
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Thundershowers are expected in most parts of the country, but warm to hot conditions are expected in the Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Be aware of severe weather conditions on Saturday and Sunday. Here’s what to prepare for:
KwaZulu-Natal: Yellow level 4 warning - Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail are expected. This may cause flooding of roads, low-lying areas, and settlements, with potential damage to property, infrastructure, vehicles, agricultural production, and livestock. Life-threatening fast-flowing water is a risk.
North West, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo: Yellow level 2 warning - Severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of roads and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and damage to infrastructure.
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.
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Pretoria: 17 °C — 27 °C
Johannesburg: 14 °C — 25 °C
Vereeniging: 14 °C — 26 °C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool to warm, with morning rain along the escarpment. Expect isolated showers and thundershowers over the highveld and southern escarpment in the afternoon.
Mbombela: 17 °C — 22 °C
Ermelo: 15 °C — 22 °C
Emalahleni: 17 °C — 24 °C
Standerton: 15 °C — 24 °C
Skukuza: 20 °C — 24 °C
Limpopo: Cloudy and warm. Morning rain along the escarpment, with isolated showers and thundershowers expected in the western bushveld.
Polokwane: 18 °C — 23 °C
Phalaborwa: 19 °C — 26 °C
Tzaneen: 18 °C — 25 °C
Musina: 18 °C — 27 °C
Lephalale: 20 °C — 27 °C
Mokopane: 19 °C — 27 °C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 17 °C — 28 °C
Potchefstroom: 18 °C — 28 °C
Mahikeng: 20 °C — 27 °C
Rustenburg: 21 °C — 28 °C
Vryburg: 19 °C — 29 °C
Free State: Cloudy in the east during the morning, then partly cloudy and warm. Isolated thundershowers expected, except in the central and southern parts, where it will be hot.
Bloemfontein: 15 °C — 31 °C
Welkom: 16 °C — 30 °C
Bethlehem: 12 °C — 27 °C
Northern Cape: Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers over the central and northern regions. Coastal winds: Fresh to strong south-easterly.
Upington: 23 °C — 38 °C
Kimberley: 17 °C — 35 °C
De Aar: 15 °C — 35 °C
Alexander Bay: 16 °C — 24 °C
Springbok: 23 °C — 35 °C
Calvinia: 15 °C — 38 °C
Sutherland: 9 °C — 34 °C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, turning very hot inland and along the West Coast interior.
Coastal winds: Fresh to strong south-easterly, easing to moderate along the south coast and turning southerly by afternoon.
Cape Town: 16 °C — 26 °C
Vredendal: 14 °C — 34 °C
Riversdale: 16 °C — 28 °C
George: 14 °C — 27 °C
Worcester: 15 °C — 32 °C
Beaufort West: 14 °C — 37 °C
Oudtshoorn: 16 °C — 35 °C
Western half of Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches in the interior. Partly cloudy and hot, cooling to warm along the coast. Coastal winds: Light to moderate north-easterly to easterly, switching to south-westerly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of Eastern Cape: Cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain. Fine and warm to hot later in the day. Coastal winds: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, turning south-westerly by night.
Gqeberha: 16 °C — 25 °C
Makhanda: 11 °C — 32 °C
Cradock: 12 °C — 36 °C
Graaff-Reinet: 11 °C — 36 °C
East London: 16 °C — 22 °C
Port St Johns: 16 °C — 23 °C
Mthatha: 11 °C — 30 °C
Komani: 9 °C — 35 °C
Qonce: 11 °C — 29 °C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches in the central and western interior. Cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and rain except in the north-east. Skies will clear to partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Coastal winds: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly along the southern coast late in the morning and spreading north in the afternoon, reaching strong levels in places.
Durban: 19 °C — 23 °C
Richard’s Bay: 19 °C — 24 °C
Pietermaritzburg: 13 °C — 24 °C
Ladysmith: 15 °C — 29 °C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
