MONDAY WEATHER: Level 4 and 5 warnings for thunderstorms with hail and flooding

By Staff Writer

Published: 23 November 2025 [updated 24 November]

This forecast is for: Mon 24 November 2025

The maps cover: Mon 24 Nov – Tue 25 Nov

Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers on Monday, but widespread in the north-east.

Some light snowfall is possible on the Drakensberg peaks from early on Monday and into the evening.

From Tuesday isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers look likely over the central interior, and eastern parts of the country, as well as along the south coast.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

A. level 5 warning severe thunderstorms producing heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning that will lead to flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, damages to infrastructure and properties due to large amounts of small hail or large hail in an open area, strong damaging winds, and disruptions to communication and municipality services due to lightning activity, are expected over the northern parts of Gauteng, central parts of Limpopo as well as the Highveld of Mpumalanga (except for the extreme south-west).

B. level 4 warning severe thunderstorms producing heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning that will lead to flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, damages to infrastructure and properties due to large amounts of small hail or large hail in an open area, strong damaging winds, and disruptions to communication and municipality services due to lightning activity, are expected over Limpopo (except for the central parts and Lowveld), parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga escarpment and the extreme south-west, the eastern part of North West, as well as the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

C. level 2 warning severe thunderstorms over parts of the Free State, as per the map above.

Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in places over the west coast and Cape Winelands Districts in the Western Cape and the Kamiesberg local municipality in the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

GAUTENG
Cool in places in the south, otherwise cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme north-east.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy warm to hot, becoming cloudy from the west with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme east.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme west. It will be windy in places.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east. It will be windy in places.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy over the west and southern parts in the early morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy over the eastern parts where it will be windy in places. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy over the southern and north-eastern parts with at first a chance of light rain over the south-eastern parts in the early morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but fine over interior and west coast. It will be very hot over the West Coast and northern parts of the Cape Winelands. It will be cool in places along the south coast and the peninsula, and windy along the west and south-west coastal areas. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south coast in the morning, becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly from the afternoon, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog in places in the south, otherwise fine and warm, but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be Light westerly in the morning, otherwise light south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with a chance of rain in places. Isolated thundershowers are expected in places over the extreme northern parts. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly in the morning, otherwise light south-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread over the north-western parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly becoming moderate from the south by late morning.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Monday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/25°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/22°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy with widespread showers
and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy and windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/30°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with a chance of light rain in the morning.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light westerly in the morning, otherwise light south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy in the morning with light rain, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light south-westerly in the morning, otherwise light south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/22°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/23°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered
showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/19°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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