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Regional weather forecast, Sunday, 18 September 2022

This forecast is designed to be a quick overview of what lies in store.

south africa weather forecast

Today’s weather forecast. Image: Adobe Stock

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:

1.A Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localized flooding of settlements, low-lying roads and bridges and with some disruptions to municipal services can be expected over Koukamma, Kouga, Sundays River Valley, Makana, Ndlambe, Ngqushwa, Raymond Mhlaba, Amahlathi, Intsika Yethu, Engcobo, Sakhisizwe, Elundini local municipalities as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro of the Eastern Cape.

2.An Orange level 5 warning for disruptive rain leading to flooding of roads, low-lying areas, bridges and with disruptions to municipal services and traffic flow can be expected over Alfred Nzo DM, OR Tambo DM, Mbashe LM, Mnquma LM, Great Kei LM and the Buffalo City Metro of the Eastern Cape mainly from the evening.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

1.Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the North West province, in places in the Free State (except the south-west), the western Bushveld of Limpopo and the southern parts of Gauteng

ADVISORIES:

1.A Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain is expected over the central and southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday leading to localized flooding of susceptible settlements, low-lying areas, roads and low-lying bridges.

2.Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the interior of the Western Cape and southern interior of the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape until Tuesday while spreading to the interior of the Eastern Cape on Monday.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the extreme north. It will be windy in the south where it will become partly cloudy from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot but very hot in the Lowveld. It will become partly cloudy over the Highveld from the afternoon.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Fine and hot

North-West Province:

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm.

Free State:

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west from the afternoon.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm but it will be cloudy and cold in the south and west. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the southern and eastern parts with light snow possible over the southern high ground in the evening.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming ligth and variable in the evening.

Western Cape:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers except in the north-western parts of the West Coast District but scattered over the central and eastern parts. Light snow is possible over the north-eastern mountains in the evening.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly along the west and south-west coast from afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half –Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread along the coast and adjacent interior.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

The Eastern half -Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread along the coast and in the east.

The Eastern half -The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south from the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the south in the evening

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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