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Severe thunderstorms and high fire danger are expected in various parts of the country. (rbkomar/Getty Images)
The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms causing heavy downpours over Gauteng, the eastern parts of the North West and Free State, parts of Mpumalanga, and western Bushveld of Limpopo as well as the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms causing heavy downpours, large amounts of small hail, strong damaging winds and excessive lightning that will result in localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads and low-lying areas, localised damage to properties as well as localised disruptions to municipal services are expected over Gauteng, the eastern parts of the North West and Free State, parts of Mpumalanga, and western Bushveld of Limpopo as well the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Fire danger warnings:
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Limpopo Valley.
Advisories:
Extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected along the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal, and the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo as well as the Limpopo Valley until Wednesday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Expect partly cloudy and hot conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers. Temperatures will be particularly high in the northern areas.
Pretoria: 21°C — 35°C
Johannesburg: 19°C — 32°C
Vereeniging: 20°C — 32°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog over the southern escarpment, with cloudy conditions in the east. The rest of the province will be partly cloudy and warm, featuring scattered showers and thundershowers. The Lowveld will experience hot to extremely hot weather.
Mbombela: 21°C — 29°C
Ermelo: 17°C — 29°C
Emalahleni: 18°C — 30°C
Standerton: 17°C — 32°C
Skukuza: 23°C — 36°C
Limpopo: The Lowveld will start cloudy in the morning, while the rest of the province will be partly cloudy and range from being hot to very hot. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, with extremely hot conditions in the Limpopo Valley.
Polokwane: 20°C — 33°C
Phalaborwa: 23°C — 40°C
Tzaneen: 21°C — 36°C
Musina: 26°C — 41°C
Lephalale: 24°C — 35°C
Mokopane: 23°C — 34°C
North West: Fine in the morning, transitioning to partly cloudy and hot in the afternoon. Scattered showers and thundershowers are likely, with isolated activity in the extreme west.
Klerksdorp: 19°C — 35°C
Potchefstroom: 18°C — 31°C
Mahikeng: 19°C — 35°C
Rustenburg: 22°C — 35°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 37°C
Free State: Clear skies in the morning will give way to partly cloudy, and warm to hot conditions. Expect scattered showers and thundershowers in the eastern parts, with isolated occurrences centrally.
Bloemfontein: 15°C — 35°C
Welkom: 18°C — 34°C
Bethlehem: 15°C — 31°C
Northern Cape: Generally fine and warm, although hotter conditions will dominate the east and central regions, while coastal areas stay cool. Partly cloudy skies are possible in the extreme north-east by afternoon.
Moderate to fresh winds from the south to south-east, strengthening from the afternoon.
Upington: 14°C — 32°C
Kimberley: 16°C — 37°C
De Aar: 13°C — 32°C
Alexander Bay: 13°C — 23°C
Springbok: 9°C — 27°C
Calvinia: 6°C — 28°C
Sutherland: 3°C — 26°C
Western Cape: The north-eastern parts will be cloudy initially, turning fine and warm elsewhere. Partly cloudy weather is anticipated along the south-west and south coasts, with cooling in some areas. Evening conditions will become cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior.
Morning winds will be light to moderate from the west along the south coast, shifting to south to south-westerly and becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 15°C — 23°C
Vredendal: 12°C — 28°C
Riversdale: 13°C — 26°C
George: 14°C — 22°C
Worcester: 11°C — 28°C
Beaufort West: 15°C — 29°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 29°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: The south-eastern regions will see early clouds with isolated showers and rain, but it will be fine and warm to hot elsewhere. Coastal and south-eastern areas will remain partly cloudy and cool.
Light to moderate westerly winds, becoming south-westerly to southerly by late morning, with fresh gusts in places.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Coastal areas will be cloudy and cool, while the interior will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-west.
Light to moderate south-westerly winds initially, transitioning to south-easterly.
Gqeberha: 17°C — 24°C
Makhanda: 14°C — 22°C
Cradock: 14°C — 31°C
Graaff-Reinet: 14°C — 29°C
East London: 17°C — 22°C
Port St Johns: 20°C — 24°C
Umtata: 16°C — 22°C
Komani: 13°C — 26°C
Qonce: 15°C — 22°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches inland will lead to a partly cloudy day, becoming more clouded by afternoon. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected.
Moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly winds in the north, with light and variable conditions initially in the south, turning southerly to south-westerly, then south-easterly by afternoon.
Durban: 21°C — 25°C
Richard's Bay: 21°C — 28°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C — 24°C
Ladysmith: 18°C — 34°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
