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The South African Weather Service has warned of flooding across several provinces.
Supplied/Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management services
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned people to brace for a wet and potentially dangerous day, with flooding warnings in place across several provinces.
It’s not all wet weather, though – northern parts of the country will see hot conditions, with temperatures reaching 34°C in Skukuza and Lephalale, and 35°C in Upington. But for most of South Africa, umbrellas and waterproof jackets will be essential.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding are expected over the Overberg District Municipality and Langeberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape, as well as the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised flash flooding and large amounts of small hail are expected over the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Cape Winelands and Central Karoo Local Municipalities in the Western Cape, extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape, south-western parts of Free State, as well as Joe Gqabi, Chris Hani (excluding Inxuba Yethemba) District Municipalities, Matatiele, Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu and Mhlontlo Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
The 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: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north.
Pretoria: 20°C - 32°C
Johannesburg: 17°C - 27°C
Vereeniging: 18°C - 30°C
Limpopo: Cloudy with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the south-west.
Polokwane: 16°C - 27°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C - 32°C
Tzaneen: 19°C - 31°C
Musina: 21°C - 32°C
Lephalale: 20°C - 34°C
Mokopane: 20°C - 33°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 19°C - 29°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 28°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 31°C
Standerton: 12°C - 33°C
Skukuza: 20°C - 34°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the far east.
Klerksdorp: 17°C - 32°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C - 31°C
Mahikeng: 18°C - 32°C
Rustenburg: 18°C - 33°C
Vryburg: 17°C - 32°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north.
Bloemfontein: 17°C - 30°C
Welkom: 18°C - 32°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 29°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts, but widespread in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly from late afternoon.
Upington: 21°C - 35°C
Kimberley: 19°C - 31°C
De Aar: 18°C - 29°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C - 27°C
Springbok: 14°C - 27°C
Calvinia: 13°C - 28°C
Sutherland: 13°C - 25°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy over the extreme north-western areas, where it will be hot, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the Overberg area, spreading to the eastern parts in the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly along the northern parts of the west coast, where it will become light to moderate south-westerly from the afternoon, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong at times along the south-west coast.
Cape Town: 21°C - 28°C
Vredendal: 17°C - 32°C
Riversdale: 20°C - 28°C
George: 19°C - 25°C
Worcester: 20°C - 29°C
Beaufort West: 18°C - 27°C
Oudtshoorn: 20°C - 30°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy at times and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy at times and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
Gqeberha: 21°C - 27°C
Makhanda: 20°C - 28°C
Cradock: 17°C - 28°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C - 28°C
East London: 22°C - 28°C
Port St Johns: 22°C - 28°C
Umtata: 18°C - 29°C
Komani: 16°C - 27°C
Qonce: 19°C - 27°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in places in the north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the south, otherwise isolated, except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Durban: 23°C - 30°C
Richard’s Bay: 22°C - 33°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C - 32°C
Ladysmith: 17°C - 33°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
