A heatwave is expected to hit areas of the Eastern Cape while cold winter conditions persist in at least two provinces. (Chuchart Duangdaw/Getty Images)
The South African Weather Service has forecast a heatwave in the Eastern Cape, while freezing conditions and temperatures reaching below 10°C is expected in at least two provinces.
Impact-based warnings
A Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of roads and susceptible settlements has been issued for the south-western parts of the Western Cape.
A Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for damaging wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea between Lambert’s Bay and Cape Agulhas.
A Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging interior winds leading to longer travel times as well as localised problems for high-sided vehicles has been issued for the southern parts of the Namakwa District Municipality of the Northern Cape and in places over the Western Cape, excluding the northern part of the West Coast District.
A Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for damaging winds leading to difficult driving conditions, the rapid spread of veld fires and localised damage to informal structures over the southern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, western parts of the North West and southern parts of the Free State.
Fire danger warningsÂ
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of the country.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu and Mbizana local municipalities of the Eastern Cape until Friday.
Very cold, wet and windy conditions with day-time temperatures of 10°C and below can be expected in places over the interior of the Namakwa District Municipality of the Northern Cape and western high-lying areas of the Western Cape on Friday.
The weather in your region
Gauteng will be fine and cool and warm.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
Fine and warm temperatures are expected in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
The North West can expect fine, windy and warm conditions.
Fine, windy and cool to warm temperatures are forecast for the Free State.
The Northern Cape will be partly cloudy in the west with morning fog patches. Otherwise, fine, windy and cool to warm but hot temperatures are expected in the north.
The wind along the coast will be a fresh to strong north-westerly.
A fine and cool to warm day ahead of another approaching cold front on Thursday and making landfall on Friday, bringing scattered showers to the Western Cape. The rest of the country will remain cool to warm but hot in KwaZulu Natal#SAWS#WeatherForecast pic.twitter.com/3rgeDLQwUI
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 6, 2024
Morning fog is forecast along the west coast and in the south in the Western Cape.
Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the west where it will be cloudy.
It will be fine in the extreme east.
The wind along the coast will be a moderate to fresh north-westerly but strong to near gale along the south-west coast.
The expected UVB sunburn index is low.
The western half of the Eastern Cape will be fine, windy and warm but cool along the coast and adjacent interior where morning fog is expected.
The wind along the coast will be a light to moderate south-westerly.
Cloudy conditions are forecast for the eastern half of the province with morning fog in places in the south-west. Otherwise, fine and warm temperatures are expected, but it will be cool along the coast.
The wind along the coast will be a light to moderate south-westerly.
KwaZulu-Natal will have morning fog in places in the north-east, otherwise it will be fine and warm, but hot in places in the east.
The wind along the coast will be a north-westerly south of Richard’s Bay in the morning, otherwise a fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly is forecast.
The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.
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