Wednesday’s weather: Fierce winds, fire alerts, and snowy peaks across SA | News24

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Brace for a mixed bag of disruptive wind and waves, as well as light snow and fire warnings, in multiple areas across the country, according to the South African Weather Service.

Impact-Based Warnings

• Orange Level 6 warning for damaging wind and waves: Coastal infrastructure and small harbours between Cape Agulhas and Port Edward are at risk due to strong winds and waves.

• Orange Level 6 warning for damaging interior winds: Travel services and settlements in the south-western parts of the Eastern Cape may face disruptions due to strong winds.

• Orange Level 6 warning for damaging waves: Coastal areas between Alexander Bay and Cape Agulhas are expected to experience damaging waves.

• Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging wind: High-sided vehicles may face difficult driving conditions in the extreme southern parts of the Northern Cape, central and eastern parts of the Western Cape, south-western parts of the Free State, and western parts of the Eastern Cape.

• Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging waves: Small harbours and ports between Port Edward and Durban may face disruptions due to damaging waves.

• Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive snow: Light snow and icy roads are expected over the mountainous parts of Cape Winelands in the Western Cape, potentially closing non-major passes for short periods.

Fire Danger Warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the extreme north-eastern part of the North West, extreme north-western part of KwaZulu-Natal, and places in Limpopo.

Advisories

The second cold front affecting the Western, Northern, and Eastern Cape provinces will pass through during the morning. The public and small stock farmers are advised of snowfalls over the mountains, freezing conditions, strong to gale force interior and coastal winds, and very rough seas. Very cold conditions over parts of the interior are expected to persist into Thursday.

The weather in your region

Gauteng: Fine and warm, but cool in the south.

  • Pretoria 10°C — 27°C 
  • Johannesburg 7°C — 25°C 
  • Vereeniging 4°C — 24°C 

Mpumalanga: Fine and warm, but partly cloudy in the east, with isolated afternoon showers in the extreme south-east. It will be hot in the Lowveld.

  • Mbombela 15°C — 36°C 
  • Ermelo 11°C — 26°C 
  • Emalahleni 12°C — 28°C 
  • Standerton 12°C — 25°C 
  • Skukuza 21°C — 39°C 

Limpopo: Fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places in the east.

  • Polokwane 16°C — 31°C 
  • Phalaborwa 20°C — 38°C 
  • Tzaneen 13°C — 34°C 
  • Musina 17°C — 37°C 
  • Lephalale 16°C — 35°C 
  • Mokopane 15°C — 33°C 

North-West: Fine, windy, and cool to warm.

  • Klerksdorp 8°C — 23°C 
  • Potchefstroom 6°C — 24°C 
  • Mahikeng 7°C — 25°C 
  • Rustenburg 10°C — 30°C 
  • Vryburg 2°C — 23°C 

Free State: Fine, windy, and cold to cool, becoming partly cloudy in the western part by the afternoon with isolated showers in the extreme south-western part.

  • Bloemfontein 3°C — 15°C 
  • Welkom 4°C — 20°C 
  • Bethlehem 3°C — 20°C 

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy, and cold to cool with isolated showers and rain in the south where it will be very cold in places. Snowfall is possible on the southern mountainous areas. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly, becoming strong south-easterly from the evening.

  • Upington 6°C — 15°C 
  • Kimberley 3°C — 15°C 
  • De Aar 3°C — 11°C 
  • Alexander Bay 10°C — 16°C 
  • Springbok 3°C — 6°C 
  • Calvinia 2°C — 5°C 
  • Sutherland 1°C — 3°C 

Western Cape: Cloudy and very cold to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain, as well as snowfalls over the western mountainous areas. It will become partly cloudy from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly to westerly, reaching strong to near gale force along the south coast. It will become moderate south-easterly along the west coast from the evening.

  • Cape Town 8°C — 12°C 
  • Vredendal 7°C — 14°C 
  • Riversdale 5°C — 11°C 
  • George 8°C — 11°C 
  • Worcester 5°C — 9°C
  • Beaufort West 5°C — 10°C 
  • Oudtshoorn 6°C — 10°C 

Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast. Snowfalls are expected over the Graaff-Reinet mountains and in places in the south-west, including Joubertina. The wind along the coast will be strong to gale force westerly to south-westerly. The eastern half of the province will be cloudy and cool but cold in places in the west, with isolated showers in the extreme south-west, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be strong to gale force south-westerly.

  • Gqberha 7°C — 15°C 
  • Makhanda 5°C — 13°C 
  • Cradock -2°C — 12°C 
  • Graaff-Reinet 0°C — 12°C 
  • East London 9°C — 18°C 
  • Port St Johns 16°C — 20°C 
  • Umtata 8°C — 20°C 
  • Komani 8°C — 12°C 
  • Qonce 8°C — 16°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Fine in the west until late morning, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain, except in the north-west where it will be partly cloudy. The wind along the coast will be strong northerly to north-easterly north of Durban at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, becoming south-easterly from the afternoon.

  • Durban 14°C — 21°C 
  • Richards Bay 16°C — 22°C 
  • Pietermaritzburg 9°C — 19°C 
  • Ladysmith 8°C — 29°C

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