WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy rain, winds, hail 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 orange Level 6 and Level 5 warnings for severe storms and damaging winds, as well as yellow Level 4 and Level 2 warnings for severe storms accompanied by heavy rain and hail.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. An Orange Level 6 Warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in continuous heavy downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads, damage or loss of infrastructure, settlements (formal and informal), danger to life (fast flowing streams/deep water), disruption of municipal and other essential services are expected in the Lowveld and escarpment areas of both Mpumalanga and Limpopo, persisting into Monday.

B. An Orange Level 5 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms resulting in continuous heavy downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads, damage or loss of infrastructure, settlements (formal and informal), danger to life (fast flowing streams/deep water), disruption of municipal and other essential services are expected in the extreme north-east of KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

C. A Yellow Level 4 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in flooding, damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.

D. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, strong damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning, are expected over the eastern Highveld of both Mpumalanga and Limpopo, persisting into Monday.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the southern parts of Sarah Baartman District and Nelson Mandela Municipality of the Eastern Cape, the vast parts of the Northern Cape, the northern and central parts of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over most places in the Western and Northern Cape, except the south coast of the Western Cape and Richtersveld municipality of the Northern Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise cloudy and warm but hot in the extreme north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches along the escarpment areas, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, morning fog patches over the south-eastern parts, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts, otherwise widespread over the Lowveld and escarpment areas.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east.

Free State

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

Northern Cape

The day will start fog patches along the coast in the morning and evening, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but partly cloudy in the east and central by afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

Western Cape

Partly cloudy along the south coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very extremely hot in places. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly along the north-west coast otherwise southerly to south-easterly but fresh to strong along the south-west.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Morning fog patches in places in the southern interior as well as along the along the coast in the evening, otherwise fine and warm but hot to very hot over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog patches in places in the southern interior as well as along the coast and adjacent interior in the evening, otherwise fine and warm but hot to very hot over the interior. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated afternoon thunderstorms over the north-eastern escarpment. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south-easterly north of Mtunzini in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.