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The weather service has forecast severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.
Strong winds are expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas from the evening until Friday.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, damaging winds and hail leading to localised damage to infrastructure, informal settlements, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, minor vehicle accidents, localised injuries due to flying debris are expected over the highveld of Mpumalanga and the central part of Limpopo, as well as the northwestern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and small vessels at risk of taking in water and capsizing in locality are expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas from the evening until Friday afternoon.
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.
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: Expect partly cloudy and warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
Pretoria: 14°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 14°C — 26°C
Vereeniging: 15°C — 27°C
Mpumalanga: Morning patches of mist over the highveld will give way to partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, but in the lowveld, only isolated activity.
Mbombela: 17°C — 25°C
Ermelo: 12°C — 23°C
Emalahleni: 13°C — 27°C
Standerton: 12°C — 26°C
Skukuza: 20°C — 26°C
Limpopo: The south-west will see partly cloudy conditions. Other areas will be cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 16°C — 24°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C — 29°C
Tzaneen: 19°C — 27°C
Musina: 19°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 19°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 17°C — 26°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm conditions are expected across the province. Showers and thundershowers will be scattered in the east but isolated elsewhere.
Klerksdorp: 14°C — 29°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C — 28°C
Mahikeng: 15°C — 31°C
Rustenburg: 15°C — 29°C
Vryburg: 16°C — 32°C
Free State: The province will be partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated showers and thundershowers are likely, with more scattered activity in the extreme east.
Bloemfontein: 15°C — 30°C
Welkom: 15°C — 29°C
Bethlehem: 11°C — 26°C
Northern Cape: The west will begin cloudy with fog patches, becoming fine later. The northeast may experience isolated showers and thundershowers.
Cool conditions will persist in the extreme northwest. Winds along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 22°C — 37°C
Kimberley: 18°C — 33°C
De Aar: 15°C — 33°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C — 21°C
Springbok: 17°C — 32°C
Calvinia: 12°C — 31°C
Sutherland: 9°C — 29°C
Western Cape: The morning will bring fog patches in the north-west. Expect fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions, but the southern parts will stay cool with light evening rain. Winds along the west coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Cape Town: 15°C — 26°C
Vredendal: 12°C — 33°C
Riversdale: 12°C — 28°C
George: 13°C — 22°C
Worcester: 13°C — 32°C
Beaufort West: 13°C — 31°C
Oudtshoorn: 10°C — 30°C
Eastern Cape: The western half will be fine and warm, cooling along the coast with isolated showers and rain expected along the adjacent interior in the late hours.
The eastern half will be cloudy with morning fog in places, clearing to partly cloudy and cool to warm weather.
Isolated areas may experience showers and thundershowers. Coastal winds will vary in intensity throughout the day.
Gqeberha: 15°C — 22°C
Makhanda: 11°C — 24°C
Cradock: 13°C — 31°C
Graaff-Reinet: 11°C — 30°C
East London: 16°C — 22°C
Port St Johns: 14°C — 22°C
Mthatha: 13°C — 22°C
Komani: 14°C — 27°C
Qonce: 12°C — 23°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Expect patches of morning and evening fog. Cool to warm, partly cloudy to cloudy conditions will prevail.
Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the west, while isolated activity will occur elsewhere. Winds along the coast will shift from moderate to fresh.
Durban: 19°C — 23°C
Richards Bay: 20°C — 24°C
Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 23°C
Ladysmith: 15°C — 28°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
