News24 | Thursday's weather: Fire danger for parts of Northern Cape, cool to warm, cloudy across SA

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for extremely high fire danger conditions.

The South African Weather Service has warned of conditions that could lead to fires in three municipalities across the Northern Cape, with cloudy and cool conditions expected in large parts of the country.

Fire danger warning: 

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Dawid Kruiper, Kai !Garib and Kareeberg local municipalities in the Northern Cape.

Weather in your province: 

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine by the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high. 

Morning fog has been forecast on the escarpment of Mpumalanga. 

It will otherwise be partly cloudy and cool but warm in places in the east.

Limpopo can expect morning fog on the escarpment, otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool across the province. 

The North West can expect morning fog in places in the east, otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme west.

Morning fog is expected in places in the extreme eastern parts of the Free State.

It will otherwise be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the northern parts of the Northern Cape.

It will be hot in the north-western parts of the province.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly.

Morning fog is expected along the south coast in the Western Cape.

It will be otherwise cloudy and warm but hot over the interior.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly but light to moderate northerly to north-westerly north of Cape Columbine, spreading to Table Bay in the late afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high. 

It will be cool along the coastal parts in the western half of the Eastern Cape, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine by the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

Cloudy conditions with morning fog are expected in places south of the escarpment in the eastern half of the province, otherwise, it will be fine and cool but warm in the west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog over the interior, otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool but warm in places in the north.

Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected in the western parts of the province.

The wind along the coast will be gentle south-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise moderate easterly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.