Disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding, is forecast for parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued multiple warnings for disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding in parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
Snow, strong winds and waves are also expected in some parts of the three provinces until Thursday, while fine and warm conditions are forecast for most of the country.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and bridges, danger to life due to fast-moving streams and rivers, and major road closures is expected over the eastern parts of the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape, as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and Koukamma, Kouga and Sundays River Valley local municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday.
Orange Level 5 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to danger to life, flooding and displacements of settlements, as well as mudslides, is expected over the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and the Makana, Ndlambe, Ngqushwa, Raymond Mhlaba Amahlathi and Great Kei local municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of settlements, roads and bridges, as well as susceptible areas, is expected in places over the Swellendam Local Municipality, as well as the eastern parts of the Central Karoo and the western parts of the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape until Thursday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea, as well as small vessels taking on water, are expected between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay until Thursday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of roads and susceptible areas is expected over the extreme south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the Theewaterskloof and Langeberg local municipalities in the Western Cape, as well as the Dr Beyers Naude, Blue Crane Route, Enoch Mgijima, Intsika Yethu, Great Kei and Mnquma local municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves leading to small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing, as well as difficulty in navigation, are expected between Plettenberg Bay and East London until Thursday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snow leading to icy roads and traffic disruptions is expected over the northern high-lying areas in the Eastern Cape on Thursday.
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. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, level 5 is medium and Level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in the extreme north.
Pretoria: 8°C — 22°C
Johannesburg: 7°C — 21°C
Vereeniging: 3°C — 20°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 10°C — 24°C
Ermelo: 5°C — 20°C
Emalahleni: 6°C — 19°C
Standerton: 0°C — 20°C
Skukuza: 9°C — 29°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the east. It will be fine in the northern parts.
Polokwane: 7°C — 21°C
Phalaborwa: 9°C — 26°C
Tzaneen: 13°C — 27°C
Musina: 14°C — 26°C
Lephalale: 6°C — 26°C
Mokopane: 6°C — 24°C
North West: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west. It will be windy in the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 7°C — 21°C
Potchefstroom: 8°C — 20°C
Mahikeng: 6°C — 22°C
Rustenburg: 9°C — 22°C
Vryburg: 7°C — 22°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the west, where it will be windy. It will become cloudy in the afternoon in the south.
Bloemfontein: 5°C — 20°C
Welkom: 7°C — 21°C
Bethlehem: 3°C — 18°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog is expected along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south-east. No rainfall is expected in the north-eastern parts, but light snowfall is expected over the southern high-lying areas.
The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly to westerly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
Upington: 12°C — 20°C
Kimberley: 8°C — 22°C
De Aar: 9°C — 18°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C — 19°C
Springbok: 9°C — 13°C
Calvinia: 7°C — 15°C
Sutherland: 5°C — 12°C
Western Cape: Morning fog patches in the extreme north-western parts, otherwise cloudy, windy in places and cold to cool, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-eastern parts. Light snowfall is expected over the northern high-lying mountains.
The wind along the coast will be strong to gale south-easterly.
Cape Town: 14°C — 18°C
Vredendal: 11°C — 18°C
Riversdale: 12°C — 14°C
George: 14°C — 17°C
Worcester: 11°C — 14°C
Beaufort West: 12°C — 14°C
Oudtshoorn: 12°C — 14°C
Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers. Snowfall is expected over the high-lying areas in the north-eastern parts.
The wind along the coast will be strong to near-gale south-easterly in the west, becoming light south-westerly in the morning in the east, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 18°C
Makhanda: 13°C — 15°C
Cradock: 10°C — 16°C
Graaff-Reinet: 9°C — 14°C
KuGompo (East London): 16°C — 19°C
Port St Johns: 16°C — 21°C
Mthatha: 10°C — 18°C
Komani: 9°C — 17°C
Qonce: 13°C — 16°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Evening fog is expected in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east from late morning. It will be warm in the north-eastern parts.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to south-westerly in the morning, otherwise southerly to south-easterly, but northerly to north-easterly in the evening.
Durban: 16°C — 24°C
Richards Bay: 14°C — 25°C
Pietermaritzburg: 10°C — 22°C
Ladysmith: 4°C — 22°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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