Last Updated on 27th December 2020 3:48 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-04-28
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised to widespread flooding are expected over Gauteng, eastern and central parts of the North West, Free State except in the north west, southern parts of Mpumalanga, and western and southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Heavy rainfall leading to flooding is expected along wild coast and adjacent interior of the Eastern Cape.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES

Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy and cold with widespread showers and thundershowers.

It will be cold in the south.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Warm in places in the eastern Lowveld, otherwise cloudy at times and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north-east.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Warm in places in the extreme north otherwise cloudy at times and cool with isolated thundershowers but scattered in the west.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Morning fog patches in the south-west, otherwise cloudy and cool, becoming partly cloudy from the west from the afternoon.

Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, but widespread over the central and eastern parts where it will be cold in places.

FREE STATE

Morning fog patches in the west, otherwise cloudy and cold, becoming partly cloudy from the west from late afternoon with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-west.

NORTHERN CAPE

Cloudy along the coast in the morning and in the east with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

It will be cool in the south.

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

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy to cloudy along the south coast and over the interior in the morning otherwise fine and cool to warm.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly but strong between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas as well as along the south coast in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold, but cool along south coast and adjacent interior with isolated showers and rain, otherwise scattered.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south easterly, becoming fresh north easterly by late afternoon.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and rain, but cool in places along Wild Coast where widespread of showers and rain are expected.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south westerly, becoming south easterly overnight.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold, but very cold in the south-western high ground.

Widespread scattered showers and thundershowers are expected but scattered in the north.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Moderate

TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-04-28
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

WEATHER IN OUR TOP CITIES

PRETORIA

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 11/18 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Low

JOHANNESBURG

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 10/16

VEREENIGING

– Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 10/17

MBOMBELA

Partly cloudy with evening scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/23

POLOKWANE

– Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 11/22

MAHIKENG

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 12/18

VRYBURG

Cloudy with morning fog patches, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 12/19

BLOEMFONTEIN

Cloudy with morning fog patches, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 8/17

KIMBERLEY

– Cloudy with morning fog patches, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 9/19

UPINGTON

Fine.

Minimum/Maximum 11/22

CAPE TOWN

– Fine.

Wind Light and variable in the morning otherwise light south-westerly to southerly.

Minimum/Maximum 15/26 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Very High

GEORGE

Partly cloudy in the morning otherwise fine.

Wind Light to moderate easterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 9/23

PORT ELIZABETH

– Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.

Wind Moderate south easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 13/21

EAST LONDON

– Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.

Wind Moderate to fresh south westerly, becoming south easterly overnight.

Minimum/Maximum 16/20

DURBAN

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Wind Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Minimum/Maximum 17/21 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Moderate

RICHARDS BAY

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Wind Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Minimum/Maximum 17/23

PIETERMARITZBURG

Morning fog with Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 12/16