WEATHER: Brutal RAIN and storms confirmed this weekend
Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Saturday, 21 October 2023.
Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Saturday, 21 October 2023.
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SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
A. Orange level 6 warning: Disruptive rain with impacts including flooding, danger to life and damage to property is expected over the south-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
B. Yellow level 2 warning: Disruptive rain with impacts including flooding, danger to life and damage to property is expected over the eastern cape except in the extreme north-eastern parts.
C. Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and heavy down pours leading to leading to localised flash flooding are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Western Cape, the southern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the western parts and Midlands of the Kwazulu-Natal.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
NIL
ADVISORIES:
NIL
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CONDITIONS AND UVB FORECAST
GAUTENG
Temperature: Fine and warm.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.
MPUMALANGA
Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot
LIMPOPO
Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot.
NORTH WEST
Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and hot with isolated showers and thunder- showers except over the western parts.
FREE STATE
Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the southern parts.
NORTHERN CAPE
Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches over the southern parts at first, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers except over the central and the northern parts.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.
WESTERN CAPE
Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm with isolate to scattered showers and thunder-showers but widespread in the south-east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly reaching gale force between Cape Columbine and Robin Island late morning until midafternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.
EASTERN CAPE
The Western half: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers.
The Western half – The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.
The Eastern half: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme north.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, but moderate to fresh southerly along the wild coast.
KWAZULU-NATAL
Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the north. It will become cloudy with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the extreme south.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly north of durban, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south- westerly becoming fresh at times.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.
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— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) October 20, 2023