WEATHER: Very hot condition expected in three provinces

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

SAWS warns that very hot to extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected across parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape, including Namakwa District, the Cape Winelands, Karoo regions and several Eastern Cape local municipalities.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the interior of the Northern Cape, the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo, Little Karoo and the eastern parts of Overberg in the Western Cape, as well as Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES

1. Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the interior of Namakwa District in the Northern Cape, Cape Winelands, Central and Little Karoo, as well as the eastern parts of Overberg in the Western Cape.

2. Extremely hot conditions are expected in places over Dr Beyers Naude, Blue Crane Route, Sundays River Valley and Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy with morning fog in the south, otherwise 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 cloudy with morning fog on the escarpment areas, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cool in places on the Highveld. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy with morning fog patches in the south-west and along the escarpment with drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy with morning fog in places over the eastern half, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

Free State

In Free State, Cloudy with morning fog patches in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Northern Cape

The day will start fine and warm to hot becoming partly cloudy in the central and eastern interior where isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected. It will be very hot in places over the western interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly but strong in the afternoon.

Western Cape

Fine and warm to hot but very hot in places over the central and eastern interior. It will become partly cloudy along the south coast and the north-eastern interior from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south-west and south coast in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but light to moderate south-easterly along the south coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. It will be extremely hot in places over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise light to moderate south-westerly, becoming southerly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: The day will start cloudy with morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior, spreading to the Wild Coast, north of Coffee Bay in the evening. The wind along the coast will be light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming light south-easterly in the south from late morning, but south-westerly in the evening.

KwaZulu-Natal

Cloudy with morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the west and extreme south. The wind along the coast will be light southerly to south-westerly in the extreme north, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, but fresh in places.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.