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The South African Weather Service has issued warnings of severe weather across several parts of the country.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of severe weather across several parts of the country, with thunderstorms and damaging winds expected to disrupt travel and daily activities on Saturday.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to heavy downpours resulting in flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail over a populated area expected over the western interior of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail over a populated area expected in the extreme east of Northern Cape, Free State, except in the north, western and central North West and over the central and western region of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and localised damage to temporary structures expected over the Cape metropole, as well as between Lamberts Bay and Cape Agulhas.
In the SAWS’ 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: Morning fog patches in the south-east, then partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 18°C - 29°C
Johannesburg: 18°C - 27°C
Vereeniging: 16°C - 27°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches over the escarpment and highveld areas, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 18°C - 26°C
Ermelo: 12°C - 25°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 27°C
Standerton: 15°C - 27°C
Skukuza: 21°C - 29°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers throughout the day.
Polokwane: 19°C - 26°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C - 31°C
Tzaneen: 19°C - 26°C
Musina: 19°C - 30°C
Lephalale: 20°C - 30°C
Mokopane: 17°C - 28°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, though isolated in eastern areas. Central and western parts under severe weather warning.
Klerksdorp: 17°C - 29°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C - 27°C
Mahikeng: 18°C - 27°C
Rustenburg: 19°C - 28°C
Vryburg: 18°C - 29°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in northern areas. Most of the province is under a severe thunderstorm warning.
Bloemfontein: 17°C - 29°C
Welkom: 18°C - 29°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 26°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming scattered over the extreme east (under warning). Otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but warm over north-western parts. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 22°C - 36°C
Kimberley: 17°C - 31°C
De Aar: 19°C - 33°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C - 24°C
Springbok: 23°C - 34°C
Calvinia: 17°C - 37°C
Sutherland: 12°C - 32°C
Western Cape: Fine and hot to very hot, but cool to warm in southern areas. Partly cloudy developing along the south coast in the evening. Cape Metropole and the coast between Lamberts Bay and Cape Agulhas are under a damaging wind warning. Coastal winds moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong to near gale force along south-west coast in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 17°C - 28°C
Vredendal: 14°C - 35°C
Riversdale: 13°C - 32°C
George: 12°C - 24°C
Worcester: 13°C - 35°C
Beaufort West: 16°C - 34°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C - 34°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms in northern areas. Fine conditions in the south-west. Coastal winds moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers, becoming scattered over the north-east. Coastal winds moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, turning easterly by evening.
Gqeberha: 16°C - 25°C
Makhanda: 13°C - 24°C
Cradock: 13°C - 32°C
Graaff-Reinet: 13°C - 32°C
East London: 17°C - 24°C
Port St Johns: 16°C - 25°C
Mthatha: 13°C - 25°C
Komani: 11°C - 29°C
Qonce: 14°C - 25°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in western areas. Western interior under high-level thunderstorm warning with flooding risk. Coastal winds are light to moderate easterly to north-easterly, freshening in the extreme south.
Durban: 21°C - 26°C
Richards Bay: 22°C - 30°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C - 26°C
Ladysmith: 17°C - 30°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
