Last Updated on 7th October 2021 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-10-08
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 0500 SAST.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

A Yellow level 2 warning of severe thunderstorms which will result in strong damaging winds, hail and rain that might lead to flash flooding over eastern parts of Free State, south western bushveld of Limpopo, Gauteng, south western parts of Mpumalanga and western Kwa-Zulu-Natal resulting in damage of informal settlement, disruption of municipal services (telecommunications and power supply) until early morning. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

1. Extreme high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern half of the Northern Cape. ADVISORIES Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

– Warm in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

– Cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment and southern Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the east.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy with morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme south.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

– Partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east at first, becoming fine in the west.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern parts. It will become fine and warm in the west during the day.

NORTHERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool along the coast, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy over the eastern parts at first. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly, becoming light north of Hondeklip Bay from the evening.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool along the south-western and south coast as well as the adjacent interior, otherwise fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon, except over the extreme northern parts. Early morning fog patches are expected over the Overberg area and Cape Winelands. The wind along the coast will be Fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly in the south west, but moderating from the north from the afternoon, otherwise light to moderate westerly to south-westerly, but light northerly to north-westerly east of Mossel Bay from late afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and warm but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and warm but cool along the coast. Isolated showers and thundershowers in the morning. The wind along the coast will be Moderate south westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

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