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

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-02-04
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 and the Central Karoo Cape.

Heat wave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected over the interior of the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and central and eastern interior of the Western Cape until Tuesday, as well as the western interior of the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.

Extremely hot conditions are expected over the Central and Little Karoo as well as the Breede Valley and Cederberg municipalities of the Western Cape.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cloudy in the morning in the eastern parts with isolated showers.

Isolated afternoon thundershowers are expected in the south-west.

It will be hot in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy in the eastern parts in the morning with isolated showers, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and hot but warm in the east, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

FREE STATE

Fine and hot but warm in the east, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTHERN CAPE

– Morning fog patches along the coast where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

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

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy to partly cloudy with morning fog patches along the coastal areas, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot to extremely hot in places over the west coast, the central and eastern interior.

The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly north of Table Bay in the morning, otherwise moderate south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly along the west coast.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy along the coast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly becoming light to moderate south-westerly from late afternoon.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Fine and warm but hot in the north-east, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the western and southern interior.

The wind along the coast will be Moderate fresh north-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

Maximum Temperatures Forecast for South Africa Tuesday 4 February 2020

Minimum Temperatures Forecast for South Africa Tuesday 4 February 2020

Rainfall Outlook for South Africa Tuesday 4 February 2020

UVB Index Outlook for South Africa Tuesday 4 February 2020

Wind Speed Direction and Gusts Map for South Africa Tuesday 4 February 2020

TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2020-02-04
ISSUED AT 1530 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 and the Central Karoo Cape.

WATCHES

Nil.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES

Extremely hot conditions are expected over the Central and Little Karoo as well as the Breede Valley and Cederberg municipalities of the Western Cape.