WEATHER: Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain expected this weekend

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 severe thunderstorms and rain are expected in some provinces.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Warning Level 1: Severe Thunderstorms is expected over the southern coast and eastern interior of KwaZulu-Natal with heavy downpours, localised flooding and damaging winds which may lead to localised damage to settlements and infrastructure.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect fine and cool, but cold in places in the south.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning frost in places on the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but fine and warm in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, morning frost in the south-west, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

North West

North West, known as Bokone Bophirima in Setswana, can expect fine and cool.

Free State

In the Free State, morning fog in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold.

Northern Cape

Morning fog patches in the south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold, becoming fine from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Morning fog along the west coast and a chance of light rain along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool becoming fine in the west from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Low

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy and cold with scattered light showers and rain along the coast, and southern interior but isolated showers in places over the central interior. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate easterly.

The Eastern half: Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and rain along the coast but isolated over the central interior. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool but cold in the south-western high ground. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior, except the extreme north coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly north of Richards Bay, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.