Residents in flood-prone areas are urged to exercise caution as susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying areas and bridges may be affected by rising water levels.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain that could cause localised flooding across the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, while extreme heatwave conditions threaten the Western Cape, Northern Cape and parts of the Eastern Cape.
Temperatures are expected to soar to extreme levels in parts of the Western Cape, with Vredendal and Oudtshoorn forecast to reach 40°C, and Springbok in the Northern Cape hitting 38°C.
Impact-based warning
A yellow Level 4 warning has been issued for the Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, where localised flooding is expected to affect susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying areas and bridges.
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation. The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
Persistently high temperatures are expected over the western parts of the Namakwa District, west, south-west and northern parts of the Western Cape, and the Koukamma Municipality in the Eastern Cape. Heatwave conditions will also affect Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo, Amathole, Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City in places until Monday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in the extreme north.
Pretoria 15°C – 23°C
Johannesburg 13°C – 18°C
Vereeniging 15°C – 21°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela 16°C – 24°C
Ermelo 12°C – 18°C
Emalahleni 14°C – 21°C
Standerton 12°C – 22°C
Skukuza 19°C – 25°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches in the south, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane 15°C – 22°C
Phalaborwa 19°C – 26°C
Tzaneen 17°C – 26°C
Musina 20°C – 27°C
Lephalale 17°C – 28°C
Mokopane 15°C – 24°C
North West: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme east.
Klerksdorp 15°C – 25°C
Potchefstroom 15°C – 24°C
Mahikeng 14°C – 25°C
Rustenburg 15°C – 24°C
Vryburg 13°C – 27°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the south.
Bloemfontein 13°C – 28°C
Welkom 14°C – 27°C
Bethlehem 11°C – 23°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. It will be fine in the central parts. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly.
Upington 19°C – 35°C
Kimberley 17°C – 30°C
De Aar 16°C – 32°C
Alexander Bay 21°C – 35°C
Springbok 25°C – 38°C
Calvinia 21°C – 37°C
Sutherland 15°C – 33°C
Western Cape: Morning fog along the west and south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot, but extremely hot over the West Coast District and Oudtshoorn. It will be fine in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Cape Town 22°C – 33°C
Vredendal 21°C – 40°C
Riversdale 21°C – 36°C
George 20°C – 30°C
Worcester 22°C – 38°C
Beaufort West 22°C – 37°C
Oudtshoorn 21°C – 40°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places over the interior. It will be warm in places along the coast with a moderate to fresh north-easterly wind.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches in places south of escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Gqeberha 18°C – 29°C
Makhanda 16°C – 35°C
Cradock 16°C – 36°C
Graaff-Reinet 16°C – 36°C
East London 18°C – 30°C
Port St Johns 18°C – 29°C
Mthatha 13°C – 32°C
Komani 12°C – 32°C
Qonce 15°C – 34°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain in the north where it will be cloudy. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly north of Cape Vidal until late afternoon, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Durban 22°C – 28°C
Richards Bay 21°C – 30°C
Pietermaritzburg 16°C – 30°C
Ladysmith 14°C – 28°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
