News24 | Saturday's weather: Storm surge, disruptive rain, thunderstorms expected across SA

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Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected across several provinces, mainly in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, and Western Cape. (Busang Senne/News24)

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected across several provinces, mainly in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State, Northern Cape, and Western Cape. (Busang Senne/News24)

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected across several provinces, mainly in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West, Free State, Northern Cape, and Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

Fog patches are likely, especially along the escarpment in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the Free State, Western Cape, and over the interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 4 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to the flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure, and mudslides are expected along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, except along the extreme north coast.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to the localised flooding of susceptible areas, as well as localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock are expected over the western and central parts of the North West, central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as the southern and central parts of the Free State.

Extended weather outlook for Saturday and Sunday, 15-16 March 2025:
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in most parts of the country, except over the western interior on Sunday.#saws #saweather pic.twitter.com/sOMFXlvrC1

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

Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging wind and waves resulting in disruption to ports and difficulty in navigation of small to medium vessels are expected between Plettenberg Bay and Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 1 warning: A storm surge is expected in places between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward, resulting in localised flooding in low-lying areas and localised disruption to harbours and ports.

In the weather service's colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness.

The weather service uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. 

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Expect partly cloudy skies in the extreme north-east, transforming into cloudy weather with isolated showers and thundershowers. Temperatures are cool to warm.

Pretoria: 17°C — 24°C 

Johannesburg: 15°C — 21°C 

Vereeniging: 13°C — 21°C 

Mpumalanga: Fog patches are expected in the morning along the escarpment. Expect partly cloudy weather with isolated showers and thundershowers, keeping the day cool to warm.

Mbombela: 15°C — 25°C 

Ermelo: 13°C — 19°C 

Emalahleni: 13°C — 20°C 

Standerton: 13°C — 21°C 

Skukuza: 21°C — 27°C 

Limpopo: Fog patches are likely in the morning along the escarpment. The southern and western Bushveld regions will experience isolated showers and thundershowers with partly cloudy skies.

Polokwane: 15°C — 22°C 

Phalaborwa: 20°C — 28°C 

Tzaneen: 17°C — 26°C 

Musina: 20°C — 26°C 

Lephalale: 19°C — 27°C 

Mokopane: 16°C — 25°C 

North West: A warm day with cloudy skies and isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. Scattered showers are expected elsewhere in the province.

Klerksdorp: 15°C — 21°C 

Potchefstroom: 14°C — 20°C 

Mahikeng: 16°C — 23°C 

Rustenburg: 16°C — 24°C 

Vryburg: 16°C — 23°C 

Free State: Morning fog in the east with cloudy weather and scattered showers and thundershowers. Only isolated thundershowers in the north-east. Temperatures range from cool to warm.

Bloemfontein: 15°C — 22°C 

Welkom: 16°C — 25°C 

Bethlehem: 12°C — 20°C 

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers over the central parts and scattered rain in the east. Coastal winds will be light from the north-west.

Upington: 20°C — 31°C 

Kimberley: 17°C — 26°C 

De Aar: 17°C — 25°C 

Alexander Bay: 17°C — 23°C 

Springbok: 19°C — 28°C 

Calvinia: 17°C — 29°C 

Sutherland: 14°C — 26°C 

Western Cape: Fog patches are anticipated in the morning along the west and south-west coast. Overall, expect partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions.

Isolated showers and thundershowers are likely from the afternoon in the central and eastern parts, with scattered showers in the eastern interior. Winds will vary from moderate northerly to south-westerly along the coast.

Cape Town: 18°C — 24°C 

Vredendal: 17°C — 28°C 

Riversdale: 18°C — 33°C 

George: 18°C — 26°C 

Worcester: 17°C — 32°C 

Beaufort West: 15°C — 30°C 

Oudtshoorn: 17°C — 35°C 

Eastern Cape: Cloudy with potential rain along the escarpment, leading to partly cloudy and cool conditions with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Fresh to strong north-easterly winds are expected along the coast.

Gqberha: 19°C — 25°C 

Makhanda: 17°C — 27°C 

Cradock: 15°C — 28°C 

Graaff-Reinet: 16°C — 28°C 

East London: 20°C — 23°C 

Port St Johns: 17°C — 21°C 

Umtata: 14°C — 21°C 

Komani: 14°C — 23°C 

Qonce: 17°C — 24°C 

KwaZulu-Natal: Interior regions will experience morning fog. The rest of the province will be cloudy and cold to cool, with scattered showers and rain. Coastal winds will be moderate, changing from southerly to south-easterly to north-easterly by late afternoon.

Durban: 20°C — 24°C 

Richard's Bay: 20°C — 25°C 

Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 20°C

Ladysmith: 14°C — 22°C 


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

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