WEATHER: Rain expected to sweep across these parts of 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 fine, cool conditions are expected in some provinces this week.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect cloudy and cool but warm in the extreme north with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in places in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. There will be morning fog patches in the north-east.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

Free State

In the Free State, cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

Northern Cape

Cloudy, windy and cool to warm but hot over the west coast, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the central parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to southeasterly.

Western Cape

Fine to partly cloudy, but cloudy and cool over the eastern parts with isolated afternoon showers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to southeasterly along the west, and south-west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very high

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, becoming north-easterly from late morning, reaching strong in places in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the southwest. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the eastern interior, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to southeasterly

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.