Last Updated on 15th April 2021 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-04-16
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 1 warning for damaging winds expected between Port Alfred and Port St. Johns, moderating from early afternoon. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

1. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kamiesberg LM of the Northern Cape and Matzikama LM of the Western Cape. ADVISORIES

1. Extremely hot conditions are expected over the West Coast district of the Western Cape as well as the Richtersveld and Kamiesberg municipality of the Northern Cape

2. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in Richtersveld and Kamiesberg municipalities of the Northern Cape as well as the northern parts of the West Coast District of the Western Cape until Saturday.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Cloudy and cool with drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment. Isolated showers and rain are expected but scattered in the north-western Highveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain but scattered in the central and Western Bushveld areas.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and warm becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

FREE STATE

Fine and warm, but cool in the east where it will be partly cloudy.

NORTHERN CAPE

Fine and warm to hot, but extremely hot along the coast, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north western parts. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy in the early morning along the south coast and over the interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot but cool along the south coast. It will be very hot to extremely hot along the west coast with isolated afternoon thunderstorms over the extreme northern parts of the region. Wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to southerly but light to moderate along the west coast. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and cool with early morning fog over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south easterly, becoming strong over the Tsitsikamma coast from the early afternoon.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool but cold in places with morning fog south of the escarpment, becoming fine in the north from the late morning. The wind along the coast will be strong to near gale south westerly east of East London in the morning, otherwise light to moderate easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool but cold in the western high ground. Isolated showers and rain expected, clearing from the south by late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be strong south westerly, moderating from the south in the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-04-16
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Yellow level 1 warning for damaging winds expected between Port Alfred and Port St.

Johns, moderating from early afternoon.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kamiesberg LM of the Northern Cape and Matzikama LM of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES 1.

Extremely hot conditions are expected over the West Coast district of the Western Cape as well as the Richtersveld and Kamiesberg municipality of the Northern Cape 2.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in Richtersveld and Kamiesberg municipalities of the Northern Cape as well as the northern parts of the West Coast District of the Western Cape until Saturday.