Heatwave is expected to hit parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, North West and Free State.
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A heatwave is expected to hit parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, North West and the Free State, bringing uncomfortable and hot conditions, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
An orange level 9 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in widespread flooding of roads and settlements, widespread mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams, widespread damage to property, buildings and loss of livelihood and livestock as well as possible widespread displacement of affected communities are expected over the eastern areas of Mopani District Municipality and Limpopo Valley of Limpopo and Bushbuckridge Local Municipality of Mpumalanga.
Orange level 6 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in flooding of roads and settlements (formal and informal), mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams, damage to property, infrastructure, loss of livelihood and livestock are expected over the escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in localised flooding of susceptible formal/informal settlements or roads, low-lying areas and bridges, localised mudslides, rockfalls and soil erosion are expected in places over the central and eastern parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, as well as the western and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
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 a 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.
Advisories
A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Central and Little Karoo districts, as well as Witzenberg Municipality of the Western Cape, over most of the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, the southern half of North West, and the Free State until Wednesday.
Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the north-eastern parts, in places over the eastern parts, and over the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape, as well as Khai-Ma Municipality of the Northern Cape until Wednesday.
Hot, humid and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north and central parts.
Pretoria: 17°C — 26°C
Johannesburg: 16°C — 25°C
Vereeniging: 17°C — 25°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, isolated in the extreme west.
Mbombela: 18°C — 21°C
Ermelo: 14°C — 19°C
Emalahleni: 15°C — 20°C
Standerton: 15°C — 24°C
Skukuza: 21°C — 26°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, isolated in the extreme west.
Polokwane: 18°C — 23°C
Phalaborwa: 22°C — 26°C
Tzaneen: 18°C — 22°C
Musina: 19°C — 27°C
Lephalale: 20°C — 30°C
Mokopane: 18°C — 25°C
North West: Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west.
Klerksdorp: 17°C — 33°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C — 32°C
Mahikeng: 17°C — 32°C
Rustenburg: 18°C — 31°C
Vryburg: 19°C — 34°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 19°C — 34°C
Welkom: 17°C — 33°C
Bethlehem: 11°C — 28°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy along the coast in the morning, warm along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot with isolated thundershowers in the east. Coastal winds will vary from light to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Upington: 24°C — 40°C
Kimberley: 21°C — 37°C
De Aar: 21°C — 37°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C — 25°C
Springbok: 13°C — 32°C
Calvinia: 13°C — 33°C
Sutherland: 9°C — 32°C
Western Cape: Cloudy in places during the morning and evening with fog patches over the south coast and interior. Otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but partly cloudy along the south coast where it will be warm.
Coastal winds will range from fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly later.
Cape Town: 18°C — 29°C
Vredendal: 17°C — 30°C
Riversdale: 20°C — 32°C
George: 18°C — 26°C
Worcester: 20°C — 35°C
Beaufort West: 20°C — 38°C
Oudtshoorn: 18°C — 38°C
Eastern Cape: Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms over the interior.
Coastal winds will vary from moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.
Gqeberha: 20°C — 28°C
Makhanda: 19°C — 30°C
Cradock: 17°C — 37°C
Graaff-Reinet: 16°C — 37°C
East London: 22°C — 27°C
Port St Johns: 20°C — 28°C
Mthatha: 17°C — 33°C
Komani: 16°C — 34°C
Qonce: 20°C — 31°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in the west and south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the extreme north.
Coastal winds will range from moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Margate, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly spreading to Mandeni by late morning.
Durban: 23°C — 28°C
Richard’s Bay: 22°C — 33°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C — 30°C
Ladysmith: 16°C — 32°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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