Last Updated on 17th May 2023 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-05-18
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. Level 2 Warning for Disruptive Rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected over the Kouga LM and Nelson Mandela Bay. FIRE DANGER

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

– Partly cloudy and cool with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers The expected UVB sunburn Index High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

– Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers on the Highveld, but cold in places in the west.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west, spreading to the south-east in the afternoon.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the east.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers except over the north-western parts.

NORTHERN CAPE

– Partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the southern parts where it will be cold becoming fine to partly cloudy from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise moderate southerly to south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy to cloudy and cold to cool with rain and isolated to scattered showers over the eastern half but widespread over the extreme east of the south coast. It will start to clear from the west in the afternoon. Wind along the coast fresh to strong southerly, becoming light to moderate northerly to north-westerly between Betty’S Bay and Plettenberg Bay from the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index Moderate

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain but scattered in the south. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain but scattered south of the escarpment. Light snowfalls expected over the southern Drakensberg at night. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

– Partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy from the south with widespread showers and thundershowers along the south coast, otherwise scattered, but isolated in the north. The wind along the coast will be gentle westerly to north-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-05-18
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Level 2 Warning for Disruptive Rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected over the Kouga LM and Nelson Mandela Bay.

FIRE DANGER