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

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-02-15
ISSUED AT 1504 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the Cederberg Municipality of the Western Cape.

WATCHES

Severe thunderstorms are expected over the south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the central and eastern interior of the Eastern Cape.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES

Extremely hot conditions are expected over West Coast District of the Western Cape and Kamiesberg Municipality of the Northern Cape.

Strong north-westerly (55-65km/h) winds are expected over the Central and the Little Karoo and Breede Valley of the Western Cape and the southern high ground of Namakwa District of the Northern Cape on Sunday.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Partly cloudy at first and again from the afternoon, otherwise fine and warm to hot.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Cloudy along the escarpment in the morning with fog patches, otherwise fine and warm but hot to very hot in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy in the east in the morning with fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in the Lowveld.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the north-east.

FREE STATE

Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers except in extreme north-east.

It will be scattered in the south and west.

NORTHERN CAPE

Morning fog along the coast where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north and east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming northerly to north-westerly in the afternoon.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot to extremely hot in the west coast region.

Isolated thundershowers are expected over the central and eastern interior from the afternoon.

It will be fine in the south-west.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, becoming light to moderate easterly to north-easterly along the south coast in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Fine and warm but hot over the interior, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior, spreading to the coast late afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to north-easterly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Fine and warm but hot over the interior, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers over the interior, spreading to the coast late afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west but scattered in the extreme south-west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly north of Cape St Lucia at first, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme