WEATHER: Severe storms and rain expected to hit SA

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

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms that may cause localised damage and short-term disruption to essential services.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and localised short-term disruption to municipal and other essential services.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the central parts of the Northern Cape and the western parts of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, The Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches in places along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain over the Highveld and escarpment areas.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, it will be cloudy in the morning with drizzle and fog in places in the west and south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain in the central and southern parts.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State

In Free State, partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the Lesotho border.

Northern Cape

The day will start fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly

Western Cape

Partly cloudy in places along the south coast, otherwise fine, windy and warm to hot, but very hot in places in the West Coast district. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly, but moderate along the south coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: The day will start with morning fog patches in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but cool along the coast, where it will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be Light north-easterly at first, otherwise light to moderate south-easterly.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the west. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise moderate northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.