WEATHER: Strong winds and rain set to hit 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 rain and winds are expected in some provinces.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 2 Warning: Damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation, localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period of time, and small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality are expected between KwaDukuza and Kosi Bay of KwaZulu-Natal.

B.Yellow level 2 Warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation, localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period of time, small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality, and localised damage to settlements are expected between KwaDukuza and Kosi Bay and over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

NIL

ADVISORIES

NIL

Weather conditions and UVB forecast in South Africa’s provinces

Gauteng

Gauteng can expect morning frost in places in the south-east, otherwise fine and cool.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Moderate

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, the Place of the Rising Sun, can expect morning frost in places over the Highveld southern escarpment, otherwise, fine and cool to cold.

Limpopo

In Limpopo, fine and cool, but warm in places in the Lowveld.

North West

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

Free State

In the Free State, fine and cold to cool.

Northern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

Western Cape

Fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

The expected UVB sunburn index is Moderate

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine and cool. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly

The Eastern half: Morning fog just in places over the adjacent interior, otherwise, fine and cool, but cold over the high lying north-eastern terrain. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly

KwaZulu-Natal

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine and cold to cool, becoming partly cloudy in the east from the afternoon with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly but strong north of Durban.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index is Low

Forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.