The South African Weather Service has warned of damaging waves and winds along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastline.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued multiple yellow level warnings for damaging winds and waves along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastline, while very cold conditions are expected over the northern interior of the Eastern Cape.
Coastal residents and mariners are urged to exercise caution due to the strong winds and high waves. Small vessels should avoid going out to sea, and beachfront activities may be disrupted along the affected coastline.
Very cold temperatures are expected across much of the country, with parts of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Free State dropping to near-freezing conditions.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds resulting in localised damage to settlements and temporary structures, localised disruption to power and communications, as well as disruptions of beach and port activity are expected in places along the coast between East London to Port Edward.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves resulting in localised difficulty in navigation of small boats, with a risk of some vessels taking on water and capsizing, are expected in places along the coast between Tsitsikamma and Port Edward.
Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds and waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and/or a port for a short period of time, small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing, and difficulty in navigation are expected between Port Edward and Kosi Bay.
Very cold conditions are expected over the northern interior of the Eastern Cape.
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.
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 in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north.
Pretoria 12°C — 23°C
Johannesburg 11°C — 22°C
Vereeniging 9°C — 20°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog in the Highveld and escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain in the east where it will be cloudy.
Mbombela 16°C — 23°C
Ermelo 10°C — 20°C
Emalahleni 12°C — 23°C
Standerton 8°C — 23°C
Skukuza 19°C — 26°C
Limpopo: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the east where it will be cloudy.
Polokwane 14°C — 25°C
Phalaborwa 19°C — 27°C
Tzaneen 15°C — 25°C
Musina 18°C — 30°C
Lephalale 17°C — 29°C
Mokopane 14°C — 28°C
North West: Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the extreme east in the late afternoon.
Klerksdorp 7°C — 19°C
Potchefstroom 8°C — 20°C
Mahikeng 9°C — 22°C
Rustenburg 12°C — 25°C
Vryburg 6°C — 19°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise fine and cool to cold.
Bloemfontein 2°C — 16°C
Welkom 6°C — 19°C
Bethlehem 6°C — 17°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold. It will be fine in the central and northern parts.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.
Upington 6°C — 19°C
Kimberley 4°C — 16°C
De Aar 2°C — 13°C
Alexander Bay 10°C — 22°C
Springbok 5°C — 18°C
Calvinia 1°C — 15°C
Sutherland 0°C — 11°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to cold but cloudy over the eastern and southern parts with a chance of rain along the south coast.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly along the south coast.
Cape Town 11°C — 18°C
Vredendal 7°C — 21°C
Riversdale 10°C — 16°C
George 9°C — 16°C
Worcester 7°C — 16°C
Beaufort West 5°C — 14°C
Oudtshoorn 7°C — 15°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain along the coast.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and cold but very cold in places in the north.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.
Gqeberha 12°C — 16°C
Makhanda 9°C — 15°C
Cradock 3°C — 13°C
Graaff-Reinet 4°C — 14°C
KuGompo City 13°C — 18°C
Port St Johns 10°C — 18°C
Mthatha 5°C — 16°C
Komani 2°C — 12°C
Qonce 9°C — 16°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but cold in the extreme south-west. It will become cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Durban 18°C — 22°C
Richards Bay 17°C — 22°C
Pietermaritzburg 10°C — 18°C
Ladysmith 11°C — 19°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
