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Severe thunderstorms resulting in hail, heavy downpours and strong damaging winds are expected in parts of Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. (Boris Jordan Photography/Getty Images)
Severe thunderstorms resulting in hail, heavy downpours and strong damaging winds are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
A heatwave and uncomfortable conditions are expected over Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, North West and Northern Cape until at least Tuesday.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in hail, heavy downpours, and strong damaging winds, leading to localised flooding of susceptible areas and roads, and localised damage to infrastructure, are expected in places over the eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, the Highveld of Mpumalanga, and the north-western parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 03-04 February 2025:
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts of RSA. Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms is issued.#SAWS pic.twitter.com/OxEgYI2vV6
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Lowveld of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo Valley, central parts of Free State, south-western parts of North West, and extreme north-eastern parts of Northern Cape until at least Tuesday.
Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in parts of the Cape Winelands, the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, and the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until at least Tuesday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 19°C – 29°C
Johannesburg: 18°C – 28°C
Vereeniging: 18°C – 28°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy with morning fog patches in the Lowveld, hot elsewhere. Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 20°C – 32°C
Ermelo: 16°C – 25°C
Emalahleni: 18°C – 28°C
Standerton: 17°C – 28°C
Skukuza: 24°C – 35°C
Limpopo: Cloudy with morning drizzle along the escarpment, partly cloudy and warm but hot to very hot in the Lowveld and western Bushveld.
Polokwane: 18°C – 31°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C – 36°C
Tzaneen: 20°C – 32°C
Musina: 24°C – 35°C
Lephalale: 23°C – 35°C
Mokopane: 19°C – 32°C
North West: Partly cloudy, windy, and hot to very hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 19°C – 35°C
Potchefstroom: 19°C – 34°C
Mahikeng: 20°C – 32°C
Rustenburg: 20°C – 31°C
Vryburg: 20°C – 37°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers scattered in the extreme east.
Bloemfontein: 19°C – 36°C
Welkom: 20°C – 35°C
Bethlehem: 15°C – 32°C
Northern Cape: Fine in the extreme west, partly cloudy elsewhere, warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers. Coastal wind will be moderate to fresh, southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 24°C – 36°C
Kimberley: 20°C – 37°C
De Aar: 16°C – 36°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C – 29°C
Springbok: 18°C –- 34°C
Calvinia: 19°C – 36°C
Sutherland: 16°C – 33°C
Western Cape: Fine and warm to hot but cool in some southern and south-western parts. Coastal wind will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong along the west coast in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 17°C – 26°C
Vredendal: 18°C – 34°C
Riversdale: 18°C – 30°C
George: 16°C – 24°C
Worcester: 15°C – 34°C
Beaufort West: 19°C – 38°C
Oudtshoorn: 18°C – 37°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Warm along the coast, partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, isolated light rain along the coast in the evening. Coastal wind will be light and variable, becoming moderate southerly but south-westerly at times.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Warm along the coast, partly cloudy, hot to very hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers scattered in the central interior and south coast. Coastal wind will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 18°C – 25°C
Makhanda: 14°C – 32°C
Cradock: 15°C – 38°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C – 39°C
East London: 19°C – 29°C
Port St Johns: 21°C – 28°C
Mthatha: 17°C – 34°C
Komani: 15°C – 36°C
Qonce: 16°C – 33°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers scattered in the extreme northwest except along the coast. Coastal wind will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming south-easterly in the south in the afternoon.
Durban: 22°C – 32°C
Richards Bay: 23°C – 37°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C – 37°C
Ladysmith: 16°C – 34°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
