Very hot to extremely hot weather triggers severe fire danger warning 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 warning for very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions, along with extremely high fire danger across affected areas.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern part of Namakwa District of the Northern Cape including the Matzikama and Swartland municipalities of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the western parts of Northern Cape, West Coast District, vast parts of the Western Cape (except in the southern parts).

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with light rain over the extreme north-western parts in the early morning. It will be warm over the Lowveld.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy at first with light rain in the south-western parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy in the north with morning light rain in the extreme north-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain in the west.

Free State

In Free State, cloudy in the extreme east at first where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog along the north coast, where it will be cool, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light westerly.

Western Cape

Fine in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot to extremely hot over the interior. Isolated showers and thundershowers can be expected over the north-eastern interior in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable but moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast in the morning.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Extreme

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy with morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly, but light to moderate in places in the morning.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog in places over the interior; otherwise, fine and hot, but warm along the coast. It will become partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms in the extreme north from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong from late morning.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog in places over the southern interior, otherwise cloudy and cool but warm along the coast with isolated showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south easterly, reaching fresh in the north at times, becoming easterly to north easterly in the south from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.