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Thunderstorms, disruptive rain and fire danger conditions are expected in SA on Wednesday. (MirageC/Getty Images)
The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Kwa-Zulu Natal has also been issued.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, large amounts of small hail, and damaging winds leading to flooding of roads and settlements, the displacement of affected communities and damage to formal and informal structures are expected along the escarpment and the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall, leading to localised flooding, localised damages to infrastructure, low-lying areas, and bridges is expected over the central and western parts of Limpopo, the escarpment area of Mpumalanga, and the north-eastern parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Fire danger warnings
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kai! Garie, Siyathemba, Tsantsabane, and Gamagara district municipalities of the Northern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Morning fog in some areas, leading to cloudy and cool to warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers. Scattered showers in the northern parts.
Pretoria: 19°C — 26°C
Johannesburg: 18°C — 24°C
Vereeniging: 19°C — 26°C
Mpumalanga: Cloud cover brings cool to warm temperatures with widespread showers and thundershowers throughout most of the province, except for scattered showers in the western Highveld.
Mbombela: 23°C — 26°C
Ermelo: 16°C — 21°C
Emalahleni: 17°C — 24°C
Standerton: 18°C — 24°C
Skukuza: 24°C — 29°C
Limpopo: Hot in the Limpopo Valley, transitioning to cloudy and warm throughout the region. Expect widespread showers and thundershowers, particularly in the south-west.
Polokwane: 18°C — 27°C
Phalaborwa: 24°C — 30°C
Tzaneen: 21°C — 31°C
Musina: 24°C — 36°C
Lephalale: 22°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 20°C — 30°C
North West: Morning fog followed by cloudy and warm to hot conditions. Isolated showers and thundershowers expected in the east with more scattered showers in the extreme east.
Klerksdorp: 17°C — 31°C
Potchefstroom: 18°C — 30°C
Mahikeng: 18°C — 31°C
Rustenburg: 20°C — 29°C
Vryburg: 19°C — 33°C
Free State: Morning fog precedes partly cloudy and warm to hot weather. Expect isolated showers and thunderstorms in the east, more widely scattered in the extreme eastern areas.
Bloemfontein: 18°C — 32°C
Welkom: 17°C — 30°C
Bethlehem: 16°C — 29°C
Northern Cape: Cool conditions along the coast, with fine and warm to hot weather inland, but partly cloudy in some southern and eastern parts. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh from the south.
Upington: 15°C — 33°C
Kimberley: 16°C — 35°C
De Aar: 16°C — 32°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C — 24°C
Springbok: 11°C — 26°C
Calvinia: 9°C — 29°C
Sutherland: 8°C — 25°C
Western Cape: Cloudy skies along the coast shift to partly cloudy, with warm conditions and cool temperatures in coastal regions. The north-west will remain fine. Expect fresh to strong south-westerly winds along the south coast.
Cape Town: 17°C — 24°C
Vredendal: 12°C — 27°C
Riversdale: 14°C — 27°C
George: 15°C — 22°C
Worcester: 13°C — 31°C
Beaufort West: 16°C — 31°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 29°C
Western half of Eastern Cape: Morning fog in interior areas, transitioning to cloudy and warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Partly cloudy in the north-west interior. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.
Eastern half of Eastern Cape: Cloudy and warm weather with isolated showers and thundershowers, with more scattered showers over the Wild Coast. Moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly winds will continue along the coast.
Gqeberha: 19°C — 25°C
Makhanda: 14°C — 24°C
Cradock: 15°C — 30°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C — 30°C
East London: 18°C — 25°C
Port St Johns: 19°C — 24°C
Umtata: 16°C — 21°C
Komani: 15°C — 22°C
Qonce: 15°C — 25°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in interior regions, then cloudy and warm overall but cooler in the south-west.
Widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, with isolated showers in the south-west. The coast will experience moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly winds.
Durban: 22°C — 25°C
Richard's Bay: 23°C — 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C — 22°C
Ladysmith: 17°C — 25°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
