WEATHER: Heavy storms, flooding and strong winds expected in SA

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

SAWS has issued a Level 1 yellow advisory, cautioning residents about severe thunderstorms expected in parts of South Africa. These storms may bring heavy downpours, localised flooding, hail, and strong gusts.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

Yellow Level 2 warning: severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads and low-level bridges, strong winds and possible large amount of hail in places are expected over Gauteng, Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga, south-western parts of Limpopo,eastern parts of Free State and North-west as well as the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

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

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect morning fog patches; otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog along the escarpment and Highveld, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers, but isolated in the Lowveld. It will be partly cloudy in the west.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

North West

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

Free State

In Free State, cloudy over the eastern parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme west.

Northern Cape

The day will start fine and in the extreme west, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers in the extreme north-east and the extreme south-east. The wind along the coast will be south to fresh to strong southwesterly.

Western Cape

Cloudy in places along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but warm along the coastal areas. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south-easterly along the south coast, becoming moderate south-westerly in the evening, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunder-showers in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south easterly.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with showers and thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and warm, but scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, but isolated in the east. It will be cool in places in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be light southerly to south-easterly, becoming light to moderate north-easterly in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.