WEATHER: Strong winds, hail and lightning 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, as well as a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 4 Warning: For severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying areas and bridges, damage to infrastructure, as well as difficult driving conditions is expected over Dr Beyers Naud, Sundays River Valley, Koukamma, Nelson Mandela Metro and Kouga Local Municipalities as well as the extreme southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the extreme south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

B. Yellow Level 2 Warning: For severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying areas and bridges, as well as difficult driving conditions is expected over Blue Crane Route, Makanda and Ndlambe Local Municipalities, as well as the eastern parts of the Western Cape and Northern Cape, North West, Free State except the extreme north-eastern parts, and KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy and warm weather with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-eastern parts.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the Western Bushveld.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect Cloudy Conditions, becoming partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the extreme northeastern parts.

Free State

In Free State, cloudy, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the far eastern parts.

Northern Cape

The day will start cloudy with morning mist along the west coast, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except over the western interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

Western Cape

Cloudy with morning mist along the west coast becoming partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers over the eastern interior and eastern parts of the south coast but scattered over the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly, but westerly along the south coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very high

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy and cool with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly

The Eastern half: The day will start cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the interior; otherwise, partly cloudy to cloudy, with cool to warm conditions, but extremely hot in the northeast. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.