WEATHER: Severe storm with rain, lightning and HAIL expected in SA

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

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued Yellow Level 2 warnings for severe thunderstorms over parts of the country. These storms could bring heavy downpours that may lead to localised flooding, along with excessive lightning, damaging winds and possible hail on Monday.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Severe thunderstorms associated with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low lying, bridges/areas, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail are expected in places over the central and southern parts of Limpopo, escarpment and Highveld of Mpumalanga, the extreme eastern parts of both the Free State and North West, northern parts of Gauteng and the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western interior of the Northern Cape, the western parts and southern-eastern parts of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the western interior of the Northern Cape, the western parts and southern-eastern parts of the Western Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy and warm but cool in the Lowveld with scattered showers and thundershowers.

North West

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

Free State

In Free State, partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east but scattered in the extreme east.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot becoming partly cloudy in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to northerly.

Western Cape

Fog patches along the west coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but cool to warm in places over the coastal areas. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly along the south and south-western coast, otherwise light to moderate north-westerly to westerly spreading to the south-western coast from late afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Morning fog patches in places, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.