Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain leading to flooding and damaging winds are expected in at least four provinces.
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Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain leading to flooding and damaging winds are expected in parts of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, and Gauteng, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas and possible strong damaging winds over Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as the northern parts of Gauteng.
Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds resulting in localised damage to settlements and temporary structures, localised disruption to power and communications, as well as disruptions of beach/port activity, are expected in places along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Durban.
In the SAWS’ 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.
The 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
Hot to very hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the extreme north-eastern parts.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but partly cloudy in the south-west.
Pretoria: 18°C – 30°C
Johannesburg: 17°C – 26°C
Vereeniging: 18°C – 28°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy with morning fog in places, otherwise cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. Hot in places on the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 20°C – 25°C
Ermelo: 16°C – 26°C
Emalahleni: 17°C – 26°C
Standerton: 16°C – 27°C
Skukuza: 24°C – 32°C
Limpopo: Cloudy with morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 19°C – 26°C
Phalaborwa: 23°C – 29°C
Tzaneen: 21°C – 27°C
Musina: 23°C – 28°C
Lephalale: 20°C – 28°C
Mokopane: 19°C – 26°C
North West: Cloudy with morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts, but scattered in the extreme north-east.
Klerksdorp: 16°C – 27°C
Potchefstroom: 16°C – 26°C
Mahikeng: 16°C – 29°C
Rustenburg: 17°C – 29°C
Vryburg: 14°C – 27°C
Free State: Cloudy with morning fog patches in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts.
Bloemfontein: 14°C – 23°C
Welkom: 16°C – 27°C
Bethlehem: 15°C – 25°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the extreme south-west at first. Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Upington: 15°C – 26°C
Kimberley: 13°C – 27°C
De Aar: 12°C – 23°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C – 26°C
Springbok: 13°C – 26°C
Calvinia: 11°C – 26°C
Sutherland: 7°C – 22°C
Western Cape: Cloudy and cool to warm with light rain at times, except in the north-eastern parts. Clearing from the west mid-morning but persisting along the south coast and adjacent interior.
Coastal winds will be strong to near-gale west to south-westerly between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay until mid-morning, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Cape Town: 15°C – 22°C
Vredendal: 17°C – 27°C
Riversdale: 13°C – 22°C
George: 13°C – 20°C
Worcester: 13°C – 24°C
Beaufort West: 14°C – 23°C
Oudtshoorn: 15°C – 21°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool but cold in places over the interior. Light showers are likely in the morning in the extreme south. Coastal winds will be strong south-westerly, moderating in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool with light showers in places south of the escarpment. Coastal winds will be strong south-westerly, moderating in the evening.
Gqeberha: 17°C – 20°C
Makhanda: 15°C – 20°C
Cradock: 13°C – 19°C
Graaff-Reinet: 12°C – 19°C
East London: 19°C – 22°C
Port St Johns: 18°C – 22°C
Mthatha: 13°C – 20°C
Komani: 12°C – 20°C
Qonce: 17°C – 20°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and warm in the north-east with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the extreme north-east where it will be hot.
Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Durban, otherwise moderate south-westerly, becoming strong to near-gale south-westerly from the south towards the afternoon, spreading northwards.
Durban: 23°C – 28°C
Richards Bay: 25°C – 32°C
Pietermaritzburg: 18°C – 26°C
Ladysmith: 18°C – 30°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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