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Severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail have been forecast for KwaZulu-Natal.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, which may lead to damage and flooding.
Isolated thundershowers can be expected in most provinces except in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, where it will be cloudy in parts but mostly fine and warm to hot.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail are expected over the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal. This may lead to localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements.
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.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.
Advisories
Hot and humid weather will create extremely uncomfortable conditions over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm, becoming hot in the extreme north. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected.
Pretoria: 17°C - 30°C
Johannesburg: 16°C - 29°C
Vereeniging: 15°C - 30°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and warm, very hot in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the Highveld and escarpment, with scattered showers in the extreme south-east.
Mbombela: 16°C - 32°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 27°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 29°C
Standerton: 13°C - 29°C
Skukuza: 18°C - 37°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot in places in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the central parts.
Polokwane: 14°C - 30°C
Phalaborwa: 18°C - 36°C
Tzaneen: 17°C - 32°C
Musina: 17°C - 35°C
Lephalale: 16°C - 34°C
Mokopane: 18°C - 31°C
North West: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the extreme south.
Klerksdorp: 15°C - 31°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C - 31°C
Mahikeng: 15°C - 30°C
Rustenburg: 16°C - 31°C
Vryburg: 16°C - 32°C
Free State: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the north.
Bloemfontein: 15°C - 30°C
Welkom: 15°C - 30°C
Bethlehem: 12°C - 28°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy with fog patches along the coast and adjacent interior in the morning, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated thundershowers are expected in the north. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly.
Upington: 20°C - 36°C
Kimberley: 17°C - 32°C
De Aar: 17°C - 32°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C - 25°C
Springbok: 15°C - 32°C
Calvinia: 11°C - 33°C
Sutherland: 9°C - 30°C
Western Cape: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the northern parts of the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy to fine and warm to hot. Light rain is expected along the south coast. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong along the south-west coast in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 17°C - 27°C
Vredendal: 17°C - 34°C
Riversdale: 19°C - 28°C
George: 18°C - 28°C
Worcester: 18°C - 33°C
Beaufort West: 17°C - 32°C
Oudtshoorn: 17°C - 33°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in the south, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the afternoon. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fog patches in places south of the escarpment in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot. Partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers are expected later. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable by late afternoon.
Gqeberha: 19°C - 27°C
Makhanda: 19°C - 30°C
Cradock: 16°C - 31°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C - 32°C
East London: 19°C - 26°C
Port St Johns: 19°C - 28°C
Mthatha: 15°C - 30°C
Komani: 15°C - 31°C
Qonce: 16°C - 30°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Scattered showers are expected in the west. Coastal winds will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming easterly to south-easterly south of Durban in the afternoon and spreading to Richards Bay by evening.
Durban: 20°C - 31°C
Richards Bay: 17°C - 35°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C - 35°C
Ladysmith: 16°C - 34°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
