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Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging wind and excessive lightening is expected in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State on Monday.
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Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds and excessive lightning are expected in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State on Monday, which could cause flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, while the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a heatwave warning for parts of the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail are expected in Gauteng, the Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga, southern-western Limpopo, and the eastern parts of the North West and Free State. This may lead to localised flooding of roads, low-lying areas, and bridges, as well as damage to infrastructure and settlements.
Advisories:
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in the Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, and northern Alfred Nzo districts in the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.
Extremely uncomfortable and humid conditions will affect the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Extremely hot conditions are expected in the Beaufort West and Prince Albert local municipalities in the Western Cape.
The weather in your province:
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm, becoming hot in the extreme north. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected.
Pretoria: 16°C - 30°C
Johannesburg: 15°C - 28°C
Vereeniging: 15°C - 31°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog along the escarpment and western Lowveld, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Isolated showers are expected on the Lowveld, where it will be hot.
Mbombela: 18°C - 30°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 29°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 28°C
Standerton: 15°C - 30°C
Skukuza: 22°C - 33°C
Limpopo: Morning fog along the southern escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers. Isolated showers are expected on the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley. The south-west will become partly cloudy by the afternoon.
Polokwane: 19°C - 29°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C - 33°C
Tzaneen: 21°C - 31°C
Musina: 22°C - 33°C
Lephalale: 20°C - 30°C
Mokopane: 18°C - 31°C
North West: Fine, becoming partly cloudy and hot. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, with scattered showers in the extreme east. No rainfall is expected in the extreme south-west.
Klerksdorp: 17°C - 33°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C - 32°C
Mahikeng: 17°C - 32°C
Rustenburg: 17°C - 32°C
Vryburg: 19°C - 35°C
Free State: Fine, becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the east.
Bloemfontein: 17°C - 34°C
Welkom: 17°C - 35°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 30°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy and warm along the coast in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. The eastern and northern parts will become partly cloudy in the afternoon. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, strengthening in the evening.
Upington: 21°C - 40°C
Kimberley: 18°C - 39°C
De Aar: 20°C - 37°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C - 26°C
Springbok: 17°C - 32°C
Calvinia: 12°C - 33°C
Sutherland: 12°C - 31°C
Western Cape: Morning fog over the southern and western parts, where it will be cool in places. Otherwise, partly cloudy and warm to hot, with very hot conditions in the Central Karoo. The south coast will be cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast in the morning, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly elsewhere.
Cape Town: 18°C - 26°C
Vredendal: 16°C - 30°C
Riversdale: 19°C - 32°C
George: 17°C - 25°C
Worcester: 19°C - 35°C
Beaufort West: 20°C - 38°C
Oudtshoorn: 18°C - 36°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in places in the south at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated thundershowers in the north. It will be warm in places along the coast. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 19°C - 27°C
Makhanda: 17°C - 31°C
Cradock: 16°C - 37°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C - 36°C
East London: 18°C - 27°C
Port St Johns: 21°C - 27°C
Mthatha: 15°C - 31°C
Komani: 15°C - 34°C
Qonce: 15°C - 31°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-west. Coastal winds will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming fresh north of Durban in the afternoon.
Durban: 23°C - 31°C
Richards Bay: 22°C - 34°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C - 34°C
Ladysmith: 17°C - 33°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
