WEATHER: Severe storms, rain, winds and HAIL expected in SA

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

SAWS has issued Level 2 alerts for severe thunderstorms, excessive lightning, large amounts of small hail, strong, damaging winds, and flooding on vulnerable roads and low-lying areas, and potential infrastructure damage across the affected regions.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, large amounts of small hail and strong, damaging winds over the south-western parts of the North West, central and eastern Free State, western KwaZulu-Natal and eastern Mpumalanga, except over the Lowveld.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most of the Northern Cape and the central parts of the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Lowveld, where it will be hot.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be fine in the north.

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.

Free State

In Free State, fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme south-west.

Northern Cape

The day will start with morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northern and eastern parts. It will be very hot in places. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Morning fog patches in the south and north-west, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: The day will start with morning fog south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places over the central interior. It will become partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the central and western interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the north, with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.