WEATHER: Severe storms, heavy rain 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 has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms forecast to batter several South African provinces

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading to localised flooding and large amounts of small hail is expected over the north eastern parts of Northern Cape, western parts of the North West and Free State, the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as the Eastern Cape except in the south-west.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

A. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape as well as Jozini,Nongoma,Big S Hlabisa and Mtubatuba Local Municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal.

ADVISORIES

Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions in places along the eastern cape’s south coast and adjacent interior as well as the eastern parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect cloudy with drizzle along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy with drizzle along the southern escarpment in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the Lowveld and souht-west.

North West

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

Free State

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

Northern Cape

The day will start partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, but fine in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be Light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly from the afternoon.

Western Cape

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers over interior, but scattered in the north. The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning and evening, otherwise moderate south easterly.

The Eastern half: The day will start cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the south, otherwise isolated except in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh in places in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.