WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy rain and hail expected TODAY

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

The South African Weather Service has issued a Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, which are expected to bring strong, damaging winds, hail, and excessive lightning.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail that will result in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the south-western parts of KwaZulu-

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the north. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the Lowveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the Highveld and escarpment areas.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and south-western parts.

North West

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

Free State

In Free State, fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Northern Cape

The day will start cloudy with fog along the coast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except for the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly.

Western Cape

Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts from the afternoon. It will be cloudy along the south coast in the morning and evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh south- easterly to easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fog in places in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be Light south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog in places, otherwise fine and warm, becoming cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme northwest. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming south-easterly by afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is very high

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.