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Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country.
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Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country, while a heatwave with hot and uncomfortable conditions persists in the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
The province may also expect severe thunderstorms which may lead to localised flooding.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges as well as damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in damage to infrastructure and settlements is expected in places over Eastern Cape, except along the coast, west of East London.
In the SAWS’s 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.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Free State and the northern parts of Eastern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 17°C — 32°C
Johannesburg: 16°C — 31°C
Vereeniging: 17°C — 31°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog in places over the Highveld and escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the east.
Ermelo: 14°C — 28°C
Emalahleni: 14°C — 30°C
Standerton: 15°C — 31°C
Skukuza: 20°C — 33°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches over the south-central parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the eastern Lowveld and the extreme south-west.
Polokwane: 17°C — 29°C
Phalaborwa: 21°C — 32°C
Tzaneen: 19°C — 31°C
Musina: 22°C — 33°C
Lephalale: 20°C — 33°C
Mokopane: 18°C — 31°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme eastern parts.
Klerksdorp: 18°C — 33°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C — 32°C
Mahikeng: 18°C — 33°C
Rustenburg: 18°C — 33°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 35°C
Free State: Partly cloudy, hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 17°C — 37°C
Welkom: 19°C — 33°C
Bethlehem: 16°C — 31°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Upington: 25°C — 40°C
Kimberley: 22°C — 38°C
De Aar: 21°C — 36°C
Alexander Bay: 17°C — 26°C
Springbok: 22°C — 30°C
Calvinia: 16°C — 32°C
Sutherland: 15°C — 29°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west. It will be cloudy along the south coast.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.
Cape Town: 21°C — 31°C
Vredendal: 17°C — 34°C
Riversdale: 22°C — 27°C
George: 20°C — 25°C
Worcester: 22°C — 32°C
Beaufort West: 21°C — 33°C
Oudtshoorn: 21°C — 33°C
Eastern Cape: Morning fog over the extreme eastern parts, otherwise cloudy and hot to very hot with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme north-east where it will be partly cloudy.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, reaching strong in places in the east in the afternoon.
Gqeberha: 22°C — 29°C
Makhanda: 23°C — 36°C
Cradock: 20°C — 39°C
Graaff-Reinet: 20°C — 39°C
East London: 22°C — 30°C
Port St Johns: 21°C — 29°C
Mthatha: 20°C — 35°C
Komani: 20°C — 36°C
Qonce: 18°C — 34°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south and west.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Durban: 24°C — 32°C
Richard’s Bay: 22°C — 33°C
Pietermaritzburg: 20°C — 34°C
Ladysmith: 17°C — 34°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
