Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in central parts of SA. (Vlad Georgescu/Getty Images)
The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for extremely high fire danger conditions expected in places over the central parts of the country.
Fire danger warnings:
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the central parts of the country.
???Weather & severe weather alerts for today & tomorrow, 08 - 09 January 2025.
Scattered to widespread showers & thundershowers are expected over the eastern parts of the country, with disruptive rain over the north -eastern regions, expected to result in localised flooding. pic.twitter.com/eDJiSAiSuO
The weather in your province
Gauteng:
Expect cloudy and cool to warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers. Northern areas may experience more frequent showers.
Pretoria: 20°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 18°C — 25°C
Vereeniging: 19°C — 27°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment and eastern Highveld. The rest of the region will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, becoming isolated in the extreme southwest. It will be warm in the eastern Lowveld.
Mbombela: 19°C — 22°C
Ermelo: 15°C — 21°C
Emalahleni: 17°C — 23°C
Standerton: 16°C — 24°C
Skukuza: 22°C — 26°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm conditions accompanied by scattered showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 18°C — 23°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C — 26°C
Tzaneen: 20°C — 23°C
Musina: 23°C — 27°C
Lephalale: 22°C — 27°C
Mokopane: 19°C — 25°C
North West: The west will start off fine, turning partly cloudy and warm to hot as the day progresses. Isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, with cloudy conditions in the extreme east.
Klerksdorp: 18°C — 29°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C — 29°C
Mahikeng: 19°C — 29°C
Rustenburg: 17°C — 28°C
Vryburg: 17°C — 33°C
Free State: Eastern areas will have morning fog, then become partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. The west will remain clear and fine.
Bloemfontein: 18°C — 33°C
Welkom: 18°C — 31°C
Bethlehem: 16°C — 26°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the west at first, becoming fine and cool to warm. The east will be hot to very hot. The wind along the coast will shift from moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the afternoon.
Upington: 17°C — 33°C
Kimberley: 17°C — 37°C
De Aar: 16°C — 34°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C — 25°C
Springbok: 14°C — 26°C
Calvinia: 11°C — 28°C
Sutherland: 10°C — 26°C
Western Cape: Morning fog in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, except in the northeast, which will be fine. The southwest coast will be cloudy and cool. Coastal winds will vary from fresh to strong north-westerly along the southwest to lighter south-westerly.
Cape Town: 17°C — 23°C
Vredendal: 15°C — 27°C
Riversdale: 15°C — 29°C
George: 16°C — 24°C
Worcester: 15°C — 30°C
Beaufort West: 15°C — 35°C
Oudtshoorn: 15°C — 34°C
Eastern Cape: Mostly hot and partly cloudy, with warmer conditions along the coast and adjacent interiors. Coastal winds will transition from light to moderate northeasterly to south-westerly by night.
Gqeberha: 17°C — 26°C
Makhanda: 13°C — 30°C
Cradock: 14°C — 39°C
Graaff-Reinet: 15°C — 38°C
East London: 16°C — 27°C
Port St Johns: 21°C — 27°C
Umtata: 15°C — 29°C
Komani: 15°C — 34°C
Qonce: 14°C — 31°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Interior morning fog with partly cloudy skies in the south. Cool conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers, turning warm and cloudy in the north.
Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the extreme northeast. Coastal winds moderate to fresh, shifting from northerly to north-easterly in the south and easterly to south-easterly in the north, reaching fresh in some areas.
Durban: 20°C — 28°C
Richards Bay: 22°C — 29°C
Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 30°C
Ladysmith: 16°C — 30°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.