WEATHER: Heavy rain and hail to hit South Africa

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

The South African Weather Service has issued weather updates stating that fine, cool conditions are expected in some provinces this week.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning resulting in localised flooding, damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected across KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Nama-Khoi Municipality in Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning chance of drizzle and fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated rain and showers, except in the Lowveld where it will be cloudy and warm.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, cloudy with morning chance of drizzle and fog in the east, otherwise cloudy partly and warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers

Free State

In the Free State, cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers

Northern Cape

Cloudy in the south at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Fine in the west, but cloudy along the south coast in the morning where it be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly becoming easterly to northerly along the south coast in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and cool with morning fog in the south and isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly, becoming north-easterly from the evening.

The Eastern half: Morning fog is expected in places along the coast and adjacent interior; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly at night.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the south from mid-morning, spreading northwards to Cape St. Lucia.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.