Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and strong winds which may lead to flooding 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 strong winds which may lead to flooding in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to flooding of low-lying areas, susceptible roads and bridges as well as large amounts of small hail and strong damaging winds leading to damage of infrastructure, settlements, vehicles and livestock are expected in the northeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of low-lying areas, susceptible roads and bridges as well as large amounts of small hail and strong damaging winds leading to localised damage of infrastructure, settlements, vehicles and livestock are expected over Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that 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: Cloudy and warm, but cool in places with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 18°C — 27°C
Johannesburg: 17°C — 24°C
Vereeniging: 16°C — 26°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 18°C — 24°C
Ermelo: 16°C — 20°C
Emalahleni: 16°C — 23°C
Standerton: 14°C — 23°C
Skukuza: 22°C — 29°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm, but hot in the Lowveld with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 18°C — 25°C
Phalaborwa: 23°C — 29°C
Tzaneen: 20°C — 26°C
Musina: 22°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 20°C — 28°C
Mokopane: 18°C — 29°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 15°C — 27°C
Potchefstroom: 14°C — 27°C
Mahikeng: 15°C — 26°C
Rustenburg: 17°C — 25°C
Vryburg: 15°C — 30°C
Free State: Morning fog patches over the extreme eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Bloemfontein: 14°C — 28°C
Welkom: 15°C — 27°C
Bethlehem: 11°C — 24°C
Northern Cape: Fine to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong south-easterly to southerly.
Upington: 17°C — 31°C
Kimberley: 16°C — 30°C
De Aar: 14°C — 25°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C — 25°C
Springbok: 11°C — 28°C
Calvinia: 9°C — 29°C
Sutherland: 7°C — 25°C
Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm, but hot over the northern parts of the West Coast district. Fine conditions will spread from the west in the morning to the east by afternoon.
Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly, becoming strong in the evening.
Cape Town: 16°C — 25°C
Vredendal: 13°C — 32°C
Riversdale: 13°C — 25°C
George: 14°C — 23°C
Worcester: 13°C — 27°C
Beaufort West: 14°C — 25°C
Oudtshoorn: 15°C — 27°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in the west at first, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated thundershowers in the north-east and isolated showers and rain in the south-east in the afternoon. Coastal winds will be light to moderate westerly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west. Coastal winds will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon and north-easterly in the evening.
Gqeberha: 17°C — 24°C
Makhanda: 15°C — 22°C
Cradock: 12°C — 26°C
Graaff-Reinet: 11°C — 25°C
East London: 19°C — 23°C
Port St Johns: 17°C — 21°C
Mthatha: 14°C — 19°C
Komani: 12°C — 20°C
Qonce: 15°C — 22°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread over the extreme north-eastern parts.
Coastal winds will be moderate northerly to north-easterly north of Cape St Lucia at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly to easterly south of Durban from late afternoon.
Durban: 22°C — 25°C
Richards Bay: 23°C — 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 16°C — 21°C
Ladysmith: 16°C — 24°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.