WEATHER: Severe storms to hit THREE provinces this WEEKEND

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

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of severe storms with heavy rain, strong winds and hail for three provinces this weekend.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to flooding and damages to susceptible settlements and infrastructure, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning are expected in places over Gauteng (except for the extreme south), northern and central parts of the Mpumalanga Highveld, as well as the south-western and south-central parts of Limpopo.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north. It will be hot in the extreme north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect cloudy at first with light rain and drizzle in places in the east, where it will be cool in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy at first with light rain and drizzle in places in the east, becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers by the afternoon.

North West

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

Free State

In Free State, partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, where morning fog is expected.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Partly cloudy and warm to hot but cloudy with light rain along the south coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but strong along the south west coast from the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy with light rain in places along the coast. otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: The day will start cloudy with isolated showers and rain in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. Isolated thundershowers are possible in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming strong in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.