The SAWS has issued a damaging wind warning for the Western Cape south coast, where gale-force conditions are expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas well into the afternoon.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned beachgoers and boaters along the Western Cape coastline to stay out of harm’s way on Saturday as gale-force winds are expected to batter the stretch between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas.
A Yellow Level 2 warning is in effect for damaging coastal winds in the morning, while the rest of the country settles into a typically cool autumn day with cold starts expected across the interior.
Impact-based warnings
A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging coastal winds leading to localised disruption to beachfront activities is expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas in the morning.
In the SAWS’s 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.
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Morning fog patches possible in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions throughout the day.
– Pretoria: 11°C – 25°C
– Johannesburg: 8°C – 23°C
– Vereeniging: 8°C – 23°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog in places over the Highveld, then partly cloudy and cool. Warmer conditions in the Lowveld.
– Mbombela: 15°C – 23°C
– Ermelo: 6°C – 19°C
– Emalahleni: 12°C – 22°C
– Standerton: 7°C – 22°C
– Skukuza: 20°C – 29°C
Limpopo: Morning fog expected in south-western areas, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm for the rest of the day.
– Polokwane: 14°C – 25°C
– Phalaborwa: 17°C – 28°C
– Tzaneen: 17°C – 27°C
– Musina: 19°C – 30°C
– Lephalale: 16°C – 29°C
– Mokopane: 16°C – 27°C
North West: Morning fog patches in places, otherwise fine and cool to warm conditions.
– Klerksdorp: 11°C – 23°C
– Potchefstroom: 11°C – 23°C
– Mahikeng: 13°C – 25°C
– Rustenburg: 14°C – 25°C
– Vryburg: 11°C – 23°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in places, otherwise fine and cold to cool.
– Bloemfontein: 9°C – 20°C
– Welkom: 11°C – 21°C
– Bethlehem: 8°C – 19°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches in eastern parts, otherwise fine and cool to warm conditions. Coastal winds will be light and variable, picking up to moderate to fresh southerly during the afternoon.
– Upington: 11°C – 23°C
– Kimberley: 10°C – 21°C
– De Aar: 9°C – 19°C
– Alexander Bay: 10°C – 23°C
– Springbok: 8°C – 25°C
– Calvinia: 5°C – 21°C
– Sutherland: 4°C – 17°C
Western Cape: Cloudy in the west with light rain at times over the Cape Peninsula, otherwise fine and cool to warm. Coastal winds are moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, reaching strong between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas.
Winds will be gale force between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas until late afternoon – beachfront activities are strongly discouraged in this area.
– Cape Town: 14°C – 18°C
– Vredendal: 11°C – 25°C
– Riversdale: 12°C – 25°C
– George: 13°C – 24°C
– Worcester: 13°C – 21°C
– Beaufort West: 9°C – 24°C
– Oudtshoorn: 8°C – 24°C
Eastern Cape: Fine and warm conditions. Coastal winds light westerly, becoming light southerly in the afternoon.
– Gqeberha: 13°C – 23°C
– Makhanda: 12°C – 25°C
– Cradock: 9°C – 25°C
– Graaff-Reinet: 9°C – 26°C
– KuGompo City (East London): 15°C – 26°C
– Port St Johns: 14°C – 25°C
– Mthatha: 10°C – 26°C
– Komani: 8°C – 24°C
– Qonce: 13°C – 26°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog possible in places over the interior, then partly cloudy and warm. Coastal winds are light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
– Durban: 18°C – 26°C
– Richards Bay: 17°C – 28°C
– Pietermaritzburg: 11°C – 26°C
– Ladysmith: 10°C – 25°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
