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Severe thunderstorms are expected in the eastern North West, Gauteng, western Mpumalanga, south-western regions of Limpopo and the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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South Africans are urged to take note of several weather warnings for Wednesday, according to the South African Weather Service.
Severe thunderstorms and hot weather conditions are expected across multiple regions.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms may lead to localised damage to infrastructure, property, vehicles, and injuries due to hail, damaging winds, heavy downpours, and excessive lightning. This is expected in the eastern North West, Gauteng, western Mpumalanga, and south-western regions of Limpopo.
Yellow Level 1 warning: Similar thunderstorms may affect the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Advisories:
Hot to very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in the Kamiesberg region of the Northern Cape and the west coast district of the Western Cape until Thursday.
On Thursday, these conditions will extend to the Cape Winelands, Little Karoo, and western parts of the central Karoo district.
The weather in your province:
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers expected from the afternoon.
Pretoria: 15°C — 27°C
Johannesburg: 13°C — 24°C
Vereeniging: 13°C — 25°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers likely.
Mbombela: 12°C — 25°C
Ermelo: 10°C — 19°C
Emalahleni: 10°C — 22°C
Standerton: 10°C — 23°C
Skukuza: 16°C — 28°C
Limpopo: Expect partly cloudy and warm conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 14°C — 26°C
Phalaborwa: 17°C — 27°C
Tzaneen: 14°C — 25°C
Musina: 19°C — 29°C
Lephalale: 18°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 15°C — 28°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers developing early in the afternoon.
Klerksdorp: 15°C — 30°C
Potchefstroom: 14°C — 28°C
Mahikeng: 16°C — 32°C
Rustenburg: 14°C — 30°C
Vryburg: 15°C — 32°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in the east will make way for partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north.
Bloemfontein: 13°C — 27°C
Welkom: 13°C — 29°C
Bethlehem: 11°C — 24°C
Northern Cape: Mostly fine and warm to hot weather is expected, but very hot in the north-central areas. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 20°C — 36°C
Kimberley: 16°C — 32°C
De Aar: 13°C — 28°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C — 25°C
Springbok: 18°C — 34°C
Calvinia: 14°C — 32°C
Sutherland: 10°C — 27°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain expected over the extreme south-eastern parts in the morning, becoming fine and hot to very hot later. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, turning fresh easterly to north-easterly along the south coast by evening.
Cape Town: 17°C — 29°C
Vredendal: 14°C — 37°C
Riversdale: 17°C — 29°C
George: 16°C — 22°C
Worcester: 16°C — 34°C
Beaufort West: 15°C — 29°C
Oudtshoorn: 15°C — 31°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning clouds will clear to fine and cool conditions. Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool, with a 30% chance of light rain south of the escarpment. Cloudy conditions will persist along the Wild Coast. Coastal winds will be moderate southerly to south-westerly.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 20°C
Makhanda: 13°C — 21°C
Cradock: 12°C — 24°C
Graaff-Reinet: 11°C — 24°C
East London: 17°C — 19°C
Port St Johns: 15°C — 17°C
Mthatha: 12°C — 18°C
Komani: 11°C — 21°C
Qonce: 14°C — 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to cold conditions are forecast, with scattered showers and thundershowers across the region. Widespread showers are expected in the east. Coastal winds will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Durban: 19°C — 21°C
Richards Bay: 19°C — 23°C
Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 18°C
Ladysmith: 13°C — 22°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
