Last Updated on 27th December 2020 3:23 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-12-17
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 0500 SAST.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

1. Yellow level 2 for severe thunderstorms resulting in damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning as well as heavy downpours resulting in localized flooding and localized damages to settlements, infrastructure and vehicles in places over Joe Gqabi LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, eastern parts of Chris Hani, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo District Municipalities.

2. Yellow warning for winds leading to difficulty in navigation and capsizing of small vessels including small water crafts in expected offshore at sea between Cape Columbine and Cape Point from late afternoon into the night. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

3. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern parts of West-Coast of the Western.Cape and the south-western parts of Namakwa District and Khai-Ma municipality of the Northern Cape. ADVISORIES Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the Lowveld and Escarpment areas.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

FREE STATE

Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTHERN CAPE

Fine and hot to very hot but warm over the southern high ground and north-western parts. It will become partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east and north-east. The wind along the coast will be FRESH TO STRONG southerly to south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy over the central and eastern parts in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm but hot to very hot over the northern parts of the West-Coast District. It will become cloudy along the south-coast and adjacent interior in the evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly along the south-coast at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Morning fog in places in the east, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy and cool in places along the coast. It will become cloudy with a slight chance of light rain in places in the south from late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south- westerly, becoming light and variable in places at night.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool with morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, but moderate south-westerly in the south from mid-morning, becoming south easterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly north of Richards Bay at first, otherwise moderate north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-12-17
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Yellow level 2 for severe thunderstorms resulting in damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning as well as heavy downpours resulting in localized flooding and localized damages to settlements, infrastructure and vehicles in places over Joe Gqabi Local Municipalities, eastern parts of Chris Hani, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo District Municipalities.

Yellow warning for winds leading to difficulty in navigation and capsizing of small vessels including small water crafts in expected offshore at sea between Cape Columbine and Cape Point from late afternoon into the night.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern parts of West-Coast of the Western Cape and the south-western parts of Namakwa District and Khai-Ma municipality of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES Nil.

WEATHER IN OUR TOP CITIES

PRETORIA

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 16/26 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Very High

JOHANNESBURG

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 15/24

VEREENIGING

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 15/25

MBOMBELA

Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Minimum/Maximum 17/25

POLOKWANE

Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers Minimum/Maximum 15/25

MAHIKENG

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 16/28

VRYBURG

Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 17/33

BLOEMFONTEIN

Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 15/31

KIMBERLEY

Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 19/36

UPINGTON

Fine, becoming partly cloudy.

Minimum/Maximum 23/38

CAPE TOWN

Partly cloudy at first, but fine from the afternoon.

Wind Fresh south-easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 17/25 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Extreme

GEORGE

Fine in the afternoon, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, with isolated showers and rain in the evening.

Wind Light north-westerly, becoming south-easterly from the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 14/23

PORT ELIZABETH

Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with a slight chance of light rain at night.

Wind Moderate south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the evening.

Minimum/Maximum 17/23

EAST LONDON

Fine at first, otherwise cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and rain.

Wind Light north-easterly at first, otherwise moderate south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 18/24

DURBAN

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

WindModerate easterly to north-easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 20/27 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Extreme

RICHARDS BAY

Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

WindModerate easterly to north-easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 20/28

PIETERMARITZBURG

Morning fog, otherwise Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 17/29

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