Monday’s weather: A mix of snow, risk of fire and damaging winds and waves in some provinces | News24

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Snow is forecast for parts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. (Rodger Bosch / AFP)

The South African Weather Service has warned of disruptive snow for some parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal but strong winds and waves for some regions in the Northern Cape and Western Cape.

Impact-based warnings

• A Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for disruptive snow in places along the Eastern Cape escarpment and KwaZulu-Natal high ground, leading to localised traffic disruptions and loss of livestock.

• A Yellow Level 1 warning has been issued for damaging waves between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward in the morning, causing localised disruptions to roads, harbours, and ports.

• A Yellow Level 1 warning has been issued for winds and waves between Alexander Bay and Cape Agulhas in the morning, making navigation at sea difficult.

Fire danger warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places in Limpopo.

Advisories

Very cold conditions are expected in places over the western interior of the Eastern Cape and southern interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

The weather in your region

Gauteng: Fine and warm.

  • Pretoria: 11°C.27°C. 
  • Johannesburg: 9°C/25°C. 
  • Vereeniging: 8°C/28°C. 

Mpumalanga: Fine in the extreme north-west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with morning drizzle along the escarpment. Isolated showers and thundershowers can be expected over the south and central parts by the afternoon.

  • Mbombela: 6°C/19°C. 
  • Ermelo: 10°C/18°C. 
  • Emalahleni: 10°C/23°C. 
  • Standerton: 10°C/18°C. 
  • Skukuza: 11°C/20°C.

Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with drizzle along the escarpment in the morning as well as in the evening.

  • Polokwane: 9°C/23°C. 
  • Phalaborwa: 12°C/23°C. 
  • Tzaneen: 11°C/22°C. 
  • Musina: 16°C/24°C. 
  • Lephalale: 12°C/33°C. 
  • Mokopane: 11°C/27°C.

North West: Fine, windy, and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy over the east from the afternoon.

  • Klerksdorp: 8°C/30°C.
  • Potchefstroom: 7°C/30°C.
  • Mahikeng: 9°C/31°C.
  • Rustenburg: 10°C/30°C.
  • Vryburg: 2°C/26°C.

Free State: Cloudy with morning fog patches over the eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east in the evening where it will be cold.

  • Bloemfontein: 2°C/22°C. 
  • Welkom: 5°C/28°C. 
  • Bethlehem: 5°C/15°C.

Northern Cape: Morning fog patches in the extreme south, otherwise fine, windy, and cold to cool. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

  • Upington: 5°C/22°C. 
  • Kimberley: 2°C/21°C. 
  • De Aar: 1°C/15°C. 
  • Alexander Bay: 12°C/25°C. 
  • Springbok: 7°C/21°C. 
  • Calvinia: 0°C/17°C. 
  • Sutherland: -1°C/10°C. 

Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers over the south-eastern parts in the morning, otherwise fine in the west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly along the western and south-western coast, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly.

  • Cape Town: 10°C/20°C. 
  • Vredendal: 9°C/24°C. 
  • Riversdale: 5°C/16°C. 
  • George: 9°C/15°C. 
  • Worcester: 6°C/20°C. 
  • Beaufort West: 4°C/16°C. 
  • Oudtshoorn: 6°C/17°C.

Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain, clearing up from the west in the afternoon. Snowfalls are expected in high-lying areas at first. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

The eastern half of the province will be cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and rain but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior. Snow can be expected over the high-lying areas in the morning. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly, becoming south-easterly from late morning.

  • Gqeberha: 9°C/17°C.
  • Makhanda: 5°C/13°C.
  • Cradock: 4°C/15°C.
  • Graaff-Reinet: 4°C/15°C.
  • East London: 10°C/15°C.
  • Port St Johns: 11°C/15°C.
  • Mthatha: 3°C/14°C.
  • Komani: 3°C/11°C.
  • Qonce: 7°C/14°C.

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool but very cold over the south-western parts with isolated showers and rain but scattered to widespread over the eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming south-easterly from the late afternoon.

  • Durban: 12°C/15°C.
  • Richards Bay: 14°C/17°C.
  • Pietermaritzburg: 8°C/10°C.
  • Ladysmith: 6°C/11°C.

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.

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