WEATHER: Rainfall continues amid fierce winds

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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 to warm conditions are expected in some provinces this week.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging wind and waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports, difficulty in navigation and localised damage to infra- structure and settlements are expected along the coast between Port Edward and Richards Bay.

B. Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging interior winds leading to localised damage to settlements and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds on exposed high-level roads are expected over the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape and the central Karoo District municipality in the Western Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of Northern Cape, north-eastern parts of Western Cape and the western parts of Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect partly cloudy and cool with isolated rain and showers in the east where it will be cloudy. Morning fog is expected along the escarpment.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers in the east where it will be cloudy. Morning fog is expected along the escarpment.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine in the west, otherwise partly and cool to warm.

Free State

In the Free State, morning fog over the extreme east, fine and cool to warm.

Northern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will be windy over the western and central parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south- easterly.

Western Cape

Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places over the West Coast and Central Karoo districts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south- westerly to westerly along the south-western and southern coast until the afternoon, otherwise moderate south-easterly to southerly. It will become light and variable along the south coast from the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Very High

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in in the south-east. It will be windy in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north- easterly east of Cape St Francis, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

The Eastern half: Morning fog along the Wild Coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh north- easterly, but light and variable in places in the morning and evening.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise fine and cool to warm. It will be partly cloudy in the north-east.The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north- easterly, reaching strong south of Richards Bay from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is High

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.