Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds are expected in at least four provinces.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds, which may lead to flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the Free State and North West.
Impact-based warnings
A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, lightning, hail, and damaging winds, resulting in localised flooding and damage to settlements and infrastructure, is expected over KwaZulu-Natal, the Mpumalanga escarpment, the central and eastern parts of the Free State, and the extreme southern parts of the North West.
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.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy in the south-west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 15°C – 23°C
Johannesburg: 14°C – 20°C
Vereeniging: 14°C – 21°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 16°C – 27°C
Ermelo: 12°C – 21°C
Emalahleni: 15°C – 23°C
Standerton: 12°C – 24°C
Skukuza: 19°C – 30°C
Limpopo: Cloudy in the central and eastern parts at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers, but scattered in the south-west. No rain is expected in the north.
Polokwane: 16°C – 27°C
Phalaborwa: 20°C – 31°C
Tzaneen: 16°C – 30°C
Musina: 18°C – 31°C
Lephalale: 18°C – 31°C
Mokopane: 16°C – 27°C
North West: Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 14°C – 23°C
Potchefstroom: 14°C – 23°C
Mahikeng: 15°C – 26°C
Rustenburg: 16°C – 27°C
Vryburg: 13°C – 25°C
Free State: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers. It will become partly cloudy in places in the late afternoon.
Bloemfontein: 13°C – 25°C
Welkom: 14°C – 22°C
Bethlehem: 10°C – 17°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy at first with morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the central and eastern parts. It will be fine in the extreme west.
Upington: 17°C – 29°C
Kimberley: 14°C – 26°C
De Aar: 14°C – 23°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C – 23°C
Springbok: 17°C – 23°C
Calvinia: 11°C – 27°C
Sutherland: 9°C – 23°C
Western Cape: Morning fog over the south-western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of rain over the south-western parts from late evening.
Cape Town: 16°C – 23°C
Vredendal: 14°C – 27°C
Riversdale: 16°C – 28°C
George: 17°C – 29°C
Worcester: 14°C – 28°C
Beaufort West: 15°C – 30°C
Oudtshoorn: 15°C – 30°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north in the evening.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with showers and thundershowers over the northern and eastern parts.
Gqeberha: 16°C – 32°C
Makhanda: 15°C – 32°C
Cradock: 13°C – 28°C
Graaff-Reinet: 12°C – 28°C
KuGompo: 17°C – 29°C
Port St Johns: 20°C – 28°C
Mthatha: 15°C – 27°C
Komani: 13°C – 25°C
Qonce: 16°C – 31°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers in the north and west, otherwise isolated.
Durban: 20°C – 28°C
Richards Bay: 22°C – 31°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C – 27°C
Ladysmith: 15°C – 25°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
