WEATHER: Bitter cold and icy conditions set to hit SA

Get daily updates on temperatures, winds and UVB levels, and see what the SA Weather Service predicts for the country.

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

The South African Weather Service has issued weather updates stating that snow, heavy rain and winds are expected in some provinces.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Damaging Winds leading to localised damage to temporary structures and localised reduced visibility due to dust storms are expected over the northern parts of the West Coast district, and the Witzenberg Local Municipality of the Western Cape as well as the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Nama-Khoi and Hantam Local Municipalities of the.. Northern Cape, as well as Matzikama and Cederberg Local Municipalities of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES

Very cold conditions and icy/slippery roads are expected in places over Emalahleni, Sakhisizwe, Senqu, Elundini and Matatiele Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy and cool to cold.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning fog patches over the Escarpment, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain in the east.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, morning fog patches over the Escarpment, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain in the east.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy and cool to cold.

Free State

In the Free State, morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise cloudy and cold.

Northern Cape

Evening fog along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm in the west, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north easterly becoming light to moderate north westerly from the afternoon.

Western Cape

Fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly becoming light to moderate north-westerly along the west coast from the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Moderate

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fog in places in the south, otherwise fine and cool but cold in the extreme northern interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly, but moderate to fresh west of Oyster Bay.

The Eastern half: Cloudy in places over the interior with morning fog, otherwise fine and cool to cold, but very cold along the Drakensberg and adjacent areas. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, freshening from the south in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold but very cold in places in the west with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly in the north becoming moderate north-easterly by late afternoon from the south.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Very High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.