WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy rain and lightning expected TODAY

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

The South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 5 warning for severe thunderstorms, cautioning that heavy downpours, strong winds, and possible localised flooding may affect parts of the country.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Orange Level 5 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours that will result in flooding of susceptible roads and low-lying bridges/areas, damaging winds, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail that will result in damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the Northern parts of Limpopo.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog along the escarpment and Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, morning fog along the northern escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north. It will be hot in places.

North West

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

Free State

In Free State, morning fog in the east, otherwise fine, warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

Northern Cape

The day will start partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool over the southern parts, becoming fine from the late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh in the north fromthe afternoon.

Western Cape

Cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of light rain and showers in the west and southern parts, becoming fine in the west from the late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly to westerly, becoming fresh to strong along the south, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly in the west.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool to warm. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the south from late morning, but scattered along the coast west of Gqeberha. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southwesterly, becoming strong in the evening.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain south of the escarpment from the afternoon, but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly, but light south-easterly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north-east with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming moderate north-easterly from the south in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.