Last Updated on 27th December 2020 3:49 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-01-16
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of the Northern Cape as well as the Central Karoo of the Western Cape.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures are expected over the central and eastern interior of Northern Cape, entire interior of the Western Cape including Cape Metropole and the north-western interior of the Eastern Cape until Friday when the western parts of the Western Cape will be excluded.

Extremely hot conditions are expected over Bergrivier, Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape until Friday.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Fine and warm.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Lowveld.

Morning fog patches are expected over the southern Highveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in the extreme west.

FREE STATE

Fine and warm to hot, but very hot in the extreme west.

NORTHERN CAPE

– Cloudy and warm along the coast with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but extremely hot in the extreme north.

It will become partly cloudy in the east from the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy along the west and south coast at first with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places in the extreme eastern interior.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly along the south coast, otherwise fresh to strong south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy with fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and very hot, but warm along the coast.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise light to moderate south-easterly, becoming fresh to strong easterly east of Algoa Bay towards the evening.