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Severe thunderstorms are expected over vast parts of the Free State, North West, Gauteng, western KwaZulu-Natal, and southern Mpumalanga
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Gauteng, the Free State, North West, Mpumalanga, and western KwaZulu-Natal face possible afternoon thunderstorms, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms are expected over vast parts of the Free State, North West, Gauteng, western KwaZulu-Natal, and southern Mpumalanga. These storms may bring localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and localised infrastructure damage due to damaging winds.
In the SAWS’s colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a 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 conditions: Very uncomfortable weather conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province:
Gauteng: Hot in the extreme north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Pretoria: 20°C - 30°C
Johannesburg: 19°C - 28°C
Vereeniging: 17°C - 27°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy at first with early morning fog patches on the Lowveld and escarpment areas, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the west, otherwise isolated, except over the Lowveld where it will be hot to very hot in places.
Mbombela: 21°C - 29°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 28°C
Emalahleni: 17°C - 27°C
Standerton: 15°C - 28°C
Skukuza: 21°C - 34°C
Limpopo: Early-morning fog patches along the escarpment, but partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the extreme south-west, otherwise isolated, except in the east where it will be very hot in places.
Polokwane: 17°C - 29°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C - 34°C
Tzaneen: 19°C - 30°C
Musina: 20°C - 32°C
Lephalale: 21°C - 32°C
Mokopane: 22°C - 32°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Klerksdorp: 19°C - 32°C
Potchefstroom: 18°C - 31°C
Mahikeng: 19°C - 33°C
Rustenburg: 19°C - 34°C
Vryburg: 18°C - 36°C
Free State: Morning fog patches over the eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered afternoon thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Bloemfontein: 18°C - 33°C
Welkom: 20°C - 32°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 29°C
Northern Cape: Fine in the west where it will be warm, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the east and central. The wind along the coast will be fresh south-easterly.
Upington: 24°C - 40°C
Kimberley: 22°C - 36°C
De Aar: 20°C - 36°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C - 26°C
Springbok: 16°C - 34°C
Calvinia: 13°C - 35°C
Sutherland: 11°C - 31°C
Western Cape: Fine and warm to hot but cloudy over the eastern interior and south coast at first where it will become partly cloudy. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh east to south-easterly but strong in the south-west.
Cape Town: 18°C - 31°C
Vredendal: 13°C - 34°C
Riversdale: 17°C - 31°C
George: 18°C - 26°C
Worcester: 18°C - 36°C
Beaufort West: 16°C - 33°C
Oudtshoorn: 17°C - 33°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and warm to cool with a chance of morning light rain in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly.
Gqeberha: 20°C - 24°C
Makhanda: 19°C - 24°C
Cradock: 17°C - 31°C
Graaff-Reinet: 19°C - 29°C
East London: 20°C - 24°C
Port St Johns: 20°C - 24°C
Mthatha: 17°C - 23°C
Komani: 17°C - 26°C
Qonce: 18°C - 23°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. Scattered afternoon thundershowers are expected in the west, otherwise isolated except in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light easterly.
Durban: 23°C - 28°C
Richard’s Bay: 21°C - 31°C
Pietermaritzburg: 20°C - 26°C
Ladysmith: 18°C - 31°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
