WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy downpours 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 and Level 1 warnings for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong, damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning forecast to batter several South African provinces

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over southern parts of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, as well as the south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

B. Yellow level 1 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected in places over the south-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kai Garib, Kheis, Dawid Kruiper, Dikgatlong, and Phokane local municipalities of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES

Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

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

Limpopo

In Limpopo, Cloudy in the east in the morning with fog patches along the southern escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers in places in the north-east.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and western parts.

Free State

In Free State, morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be fine in places in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

Western Cape

Morning fog in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the south and east. It will be cloudy in the south. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly, but moderate north-easterly along the south-west coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south. It will be cloudy along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning and evening 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 fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Extreme

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.