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Weather warning: Western Cape to face scattered showers and thundershowers TODAY

Here’s a quick glance at what the weather forecast holds in store across all the South African provinces. Stay warm or keep cool.

south africa weather forecast

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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

NIL

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FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and northern parts of the Northern Cape, the north-eastern parts of the Western Cape, the southern parts of both the North West and Free State as well as the central and northern parts of the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

NIL

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Hugh.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except over the north-east. It will become partly cloudy from the afternoon.

Free State:

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south and west.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the and south-west where it will be fine but scattered in the extreme east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly becoming light and variable towards the end of the period.

Western Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot but cloudy and cool in the south-west with light rain and showers along the coast in the evening.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light and variable in the south at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon in the north.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate Easterly becoming fresh to strong south-westerly in the afternoon to evening.

The Eastern half – Morning fog to the south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms except the coast.

The Eastern halfWind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Partly cloudy fine and warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Gentle south-westerly in the north in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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