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The South African Weather Service has issued a warning stating that severe thunderstorms with flooding and damaging winds are expected across multiple provinces on Wednesday.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings across several provinces, including parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the North West, Free State, northern Eastern Cape, eastern Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, where excessive lightning, strong winds and hail can be expected. Milder weather with some showers is forecast for parts of the Western Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Level 5 warning: Severe thunderstorms over most of KwaZulu-Natal (excluding the south-east coast) may cause flooding of roads, settlements, and low-lying bridges/areas. Expect excessive lightning, strong damaging winds, and hail.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms in Gauteng, the North West, Free State, northern Eastern Cape, eastern Northern Cape, south-eastern KwaZulu-Natal, and parts of Mpumalanga. These storms can lead to localised flooding, strong winds, and hail.
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 16-17 December
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over most of the country, but widespread in places.
⚠️Orange level 5: Severe thunderstorms.
⚠️Yellow level 2: Severe thunderstorms.
⚠️Yellow level 1: Damaging winds. #SAWS pic.twitter.com/AvxQA0GcPi
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that 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.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Fine in the morning, turning cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 16°C - 27°C
Johannesburg: 15°C - 25°C
Vereeniging: 16°C - 26°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the southern half with scattered showers and thundershowers. Showers will be isolated in the east.
Mbombela: 17°C - 31°C
Ermelo: 14°C - 28°C
Emalahleni: 15°C - 27°C
Standerton: 15°C - 28°C
Skukuza: 20°C - 35°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the south-west. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, more scattered in the extreme south.
Polokwane: 15°C - 30°C
Phalaborwa: 19°C - 35°C
Tzaneen: 18°C - 31°C
Musina: 18°C - 36°C
Lephalale: 19°C - 34°C
Mokopane: 16°C - 32°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm, turning cloudy later with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp: 16°C - 27°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C - 26°C
Mahikeng: 17°C - 27°C
Rustenburg: 18°C - 27°C
Vryburg: 18°C - 27°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy by the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 17°C - 25°C
Welkom: 17°C - 27°C
Bethlehem: 14°C - 24°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast and adjacent interior, where it will be cooler. Partly cloudy and warm to hot in the rest of the province, with scattered showers and thundershowers in the east and isolated showers elsewhere. Coastal winds will shift from light and variable to fresh to strong southerlies.
Upington: 21°C - 32°C
Kimberley: 18°C - 28°C
De Aar: 18°C - 31°C
Alexander Bay: 16°C - 27°C
Springbok: 12°C - 26°C
Calvinia: 12°C - 27°C
Sutherland: 11°C - 25°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated early morning rain in the south-west. Rain will spread to the southern parts by mid-morning, becoming fine in the north-west by the afternoon. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Cape Town: 18°C - 23°C
Vredendal: 16°C - 27°C
Riversdale: 16°C - 24°C
George: 16°C - 22°C
Worcester: 14°C - 27°C
Beaufort West: 17°C - 28°C
Oudtshoorn: 16°C - 23°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the south with light showers near Gqeberha. Elsewhere, partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north. Coastal temperatures will remain cooler with fresh to strong south-westerly winds.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape
Cloudy and warm, experiencing scattered showers and thundershowers that will be widespread in the north and east. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Gqeberha: 16°C - 21°C
Makhanda: 15°C - 21°C
Cradock: 16°C - 29°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C - 28°C
East London: 18°C - 23°C
Port St Johns: 18°C - 25°C
Mthatha: 15°C - 24°C
Komani: 13°C - 27°C
Qonce: 16°C - 25°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, turning cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers by the afternoon. Coastal winds will shift from moderate to fresh northerly/north-easterly to south-westerly in some areas.
Durban: 24°C - 30°C
Richards Bay: 21°C - 35°C
Pietermaritzburg: 20°C - 31°C
Ladysmith: 18°C - 32°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
