Damaging winds are expected in parts of the Western Cape.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms that could cause infrastructure damage, flooding, and travel disruptions across at least four provinces, while coastal winds threaten beachfront activities in the Western Cape as a cold front moves along the south-west coast.
Impact-based warnings
Orange level 6 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to damage or loss of infrastructures, settlements, property, vehicles, livelihood, and livestock, injuries and danger to life, and major travel disruptions are expected over the western parts of both Free State and North West.
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, leading to localised flooding and damage to susceptible formal/informal settlements and infrastructure, are expected over the eastern parts of both Free State and North West and the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging coastal winds, leading to localised disruption of beachfront activities, are expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.
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.
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 30 April 2026 – 01 May 2026:
Partly cloudy in the west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread over the central interior where severe thunderstorms are expected. #saws #flood pic.twitter.com/H6QALkZJsH— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) April 30, 2026
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-related impacts. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers throughout the day.
Pretoria: 12°C — 20°C
Johannesburg: 11°C — 18°C
Vereeniging: 11°C — 20°C
Mpumalanga: Morning clouds giving way to partly cloudy skies. Cool to warm temperatures with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming scattered in the south-west.
Mbombela: 14°C — 26°C
Ermelo: 11°C — 20°C
Emalahleni: 11°C — 18°C
Standerton: 13°C — 20°C
Skukuza: 18°C — 28°C
Limpopo: Cloudy morning conditions, then partly cloudy and cool to warm. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in central and western areas.
Polokwane: 14°C — 23°C
Phalaborwa: 18°C — 28°C
Tzaneen: 16°C — 26°C
Musina: 18°C — 28°C
Lephalale: 17°C — 24°C
Mokopane: 16°C — 23°C
North West: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers (isolated in the west). Conditions becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Klerksdorp: 12°C — 20°C
Potchefstroom: 13°C — 20°C
Mahikeng: 14°C — 21°C
Rustenburg: 15°C — 21°C
Vryburg: 12°C — 21°C
Free State: Cloudy and cool to cold weather with scattered showers and thundershowers, though isolated in western areas. Partly cloudy conditions developing in the afternoon.
Bloemfontein: 10°C — 17°C
Welkom: 12°C — 18°C
Bethlehem: 10°C — 16°C
Northern Cape: Initially cloudy in eastern regions, then partly cloudy and cool. Isolated showers are possible in the extreme eastern parts, with fine weather developing in the west from the afternoon. Coastal wind: Light to moderate north-westerly.
Upington: 11°C — 20°C
Kimberley: 10°C — 19°C
De Aar: 10°C — 18°C
Alexander Bay: 13°C — 20°C
Springbok: 7°C — 18°C
Calvinia: 7°C — 17°C
Sutherland: 1°C — 16°C
Western Cape: Cloudy conditions over western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold. Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly, strengthening to strong/near gale force along the south-west coast in the afternoon.
Cape Town: 13°C — 18°C
Vredendal: 10°C — 20°C
Riversdale: 6°C — 23°C
George: 8°C — 21°C
Worcester: 6°C — 17°C
Beaufort West: 9°C — 22°C
Oudtshoorn: 8°C — 22°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches over interior areas, then fine and cool to warm conditions. Coastal wind: Light to moderate south-westerly
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Coastal wind: Light south-westerly, shifting to north-westerly in the evening.
Gqeberha: 11°C — 21°C
Makhanda: 11°C — 24°C
Cradock: 9°C — 24°C
Graaff-Reinet: 8°C — 26°C
KuGompo: 14°C — 22°C
Port St Johns: 15°C — 23°C
Mthatha: 9°C — 22°C
Komani: 8°C — 21°C
Qonce: 9°C — 24°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over interior regions, then cloudy and cool to warm. Isolated showers and thundershowers expected, scattered in extreme western areas.
Coastal wind: Fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly in the north, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, spreading to Cape St Lucia in the afternoon.
Durban: 19°C — 24°C
Richard’s Bay: 15°C — 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 21°C
Ladysmith: 10°C — 25°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
