Last Updated on 18th January 2023 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-01-19
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 0500 SAST.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern part of the Northern Cape. ADVISORIES A. Heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over KwaZulu-Natal until Thursday.

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 on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers on the Highveld. It will be very hot in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Morning fog patches on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west. It will be very hot in the southern Lowveld.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

FREE STATE

– Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. The wind along the coast will be light westerly becoming moderate southerly in the afternoon.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy along the coastal areas and adjacent interior with morning, fog patches in the west and light rain along the south coast until early afternoon where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will be hot over the north-eastern interior where afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly to southerly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Partly cloudy with light showers and thundershowers in the north at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine and hot, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers with possible heavy downpours along escarpment. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

– Fine and hot to very hot in places in the north-east. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers in the west, otherwise isolated except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly but south-westerly in the south, spreading to Richards Bay in the evening. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-01-18
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Nil.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in the north-western and central parts of the Northern Cape as well as the extreme western parts of the North-West.

ADVISORIES A.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the north-eastern parts of the Western Cape and northern parts of Eastern Cape but it will persist until Thursday in KwaZulu-Natal.

WEATHER IN OUR TOP CITIES

PRETORIA

Partly cloudy.

Minimum/Maximum 17/31 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Very High

JOHANNESBURG

Partly cloudy.

Minimum/Maximum 15/29

VEREENIGING

Partly cloudy.

Minimum/Maximum 15/30

MBOMBELA

Cloudy with isolated morning showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 19/29