WEATHER: Light RAIN expected in THESE three provinces

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Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of the Northern Cape as well as the north western parts of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the interior of the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the West Coast District of the Western Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect a fine day, with temperatures ranging from warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, The Place of the Rising Sun, can expect hot weather in the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the central parts.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, it will be very hot in places in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers, except for the Lowveld and the Limpopo Valley.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect a fine day and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the extreme east with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State

Fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the east.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot to extremely hot in the extreme western parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Partly cloudy in the south east with a chance of light rain in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but cool to warm over the southern parts. Extremely hot conditions are expected over the western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly along the south coast in the morning, otherwise southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong along the west coast in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: The day will begin cloudy in places in the south, otherwise fine and warm, but cool in places along the coast. A chance of light rain is expected east of Gqeberha. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: The day will start fine in places over the north; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and warm, becoming cloudy south of the escarpment with a chance of light rain from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be strong south-westerly in the morning, becoming moderate to fresh southerly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will become cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming strong from late morning.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is very high.

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.