Last Updated on 16th December 2023 7:15 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-12-17
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 0500 SAST.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 2 warning Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging wind and large amounts of small hail resulting in localised damage to properties are expected over the extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape and extreme south-western parts of Free State. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

– A. Extremely high fire danger condition are expected over the western parts of Free State, western parts of Eastern Cape, north-eastern parts of Western Cape as well as in places over Northern Cape, except in the extreme west. ADVISORIES Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, partly cloudy and cool with isolated thundershowers, except in the extreme south. It will be warm in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Cloudy in the east at first with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and warm to hot but very hot in the north-west, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

FREE STATE

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

NORTHERN CAPE

Fine, becoming partly cloudy and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in the northern parts, with isolated showers and thundershowers over eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool along the coastal areas in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places over the Central Karoo. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Morning fog in places, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the extreme north-east. It will become cloudy with drizzle along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-12-17
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

– A.

Yellow Level 2 warning Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging wind and large amounts of small hail resulting in localised damage to properties are expected over the extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape and extreme south-western parts of Free State.

FIRE DANGER