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A Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and excessive lightning, leading to flooding in Gauteng, North West, Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Die Burger)
The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and excessive lightning, leading to flooding in Gauteng, North West, Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in parts of the Northern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours and damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning leading to localised flooding of roads and settlements, and localised damage to infrastructure, are expected over Gauteng, central and eastern parts of the North West, eastern parts of the Free State, south-western parts of Limpopo, and western parts of the Mpumalanga Highveld.
??Weather and alerts for tomorrow, 16 January 2025. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the central, northern and eastern parts. But, scattered in Gauteng, northern parts of the Free State and North West with severe thunderstorms.#SAWS pic.twitter.com/Wz4wG91iZQ
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) January 15, 2025Fire danger warning
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Tsantsabane, and Gamagara local municipalities in the Northern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Expect hot conditions in the northern areas. Elsewhere, it will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 18°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 26°C
Vereeniging: 16°C — 27°C
Mpumalanga: The region will experience cloudy weather, ranging from cool to warm temperatures, with isolated thundershowers. Showers could be more frequent in the western parts.
Mbombela: 19°C — 21°C
Ermelo: 13°C — 17°C
Emalahleni: 16°C — 25°C
Standerton: 14°C — 21°C
Skukuza: 21°C — 27°C
Limpopo: In the morning, partly cloudy conditions in the south-west will turn into cloudy and warm weather with isolated showers and thundershowers. Expect scattered rain particularly in the south-west.
Polokwane: 19°C — 22°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C — 23°C
Tzaneen: 19°C — 25°C
Musina: 22°C — 24°C
Lephalale: 20°C — 29°C
Mokopane: 19°C — 25°C
North West: Conditions are partly cloudy, windy, and warm to hot with a chance of scattered showers and thundershowers. Fewer showers are expected in the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 16°C — 30°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C — 29°C
Mahikeng: 18°C — 31°C
Rustenburg: 18°C — 29°C
Vryburg: 14°C — 34°C
Free State: Expect partly cloudy, windy, and warm to hot weather. There will be isolated showers and thundershowers, but these will be more frequent over the eastern parts.
Bloemfontein: 11°C — 33°C
Welkom: 16°C — 30°C
Bethlehem: 11°C — 25°C
Northern Cape: The weather will be fine, windy, and warm to hot. Coastal areas will experience moderate south-easterly winds, becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.
Upington: 15°C — 33°C
Kimberley: 12°C — 33°C
De Aar: 9°C — 30°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C — 25°C
Springbok: 12°C — 30°C
Calvinia: 9°C — 31°C
Sutherland: 6°C — 26°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions are expected along the southern coastline, but it will be fine and hot elsewhere. Coastal winds will be light to moderate, increasing to fresh or strong in the west.
Cape Town: 15°C — 24°C
Vredendal: 13°C — 32°C
Riversdale: 12°C — 27°C
George: 13°C — 21°C
Worcester: 12°C — 32°C
Beaufort West: 12°C — 28°C
Oudtshoorn: 11°C — 31°C
Eastern Cape: Expect fine and warm weather, though it will be partly cloudy along the coast in the morning. Coastal winds will be moderate easterly to south-easterly.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 24°C
Makhanda: 9°C — 23°C
Cradock: 8°C — 29°C
Graaff-Reinet: 9°C — 29°C
East London: 14°C — 25°C
Port St Johns: 14°C — 21°C
Umtata: 10°C — 20°C
Komani: 7°C — 23°C
Qonce: 11°C — 22°C
KwaZulu-Natal: The province will be cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rains. Coastal wind patterns include moderate south-westerly in the south, changing to southerly to south-easterly, and becoming light easterly to north-easterly from the south by evening.
Durban: 23°C — 26°C
Richards Bay: 19°C — 24°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C — 22°C
Ladysmith: 16°C — 23°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
