Last Updated on 19th May 2021 6:48 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-05-20
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. A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for heavy rain resulting in localised flooding is expected over Saldanha Bay and Swartland Municipalities (West Coast), the Cape Metropole, Cape Winelands and the western parts of the Overberg Districts.

2. A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for wind over the interior resulting in some disruptions to road transport, localized damages to some settlements as well as localized problems to high-sided vehicles is expected over the southern High ground of the Northern Cape, the central and northern parts of the Western Cape as well as the western and northern parts of the Eastern Cape.

3. A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for wind along the coast between Lamberts Bay to Cape Agulhas, spreading to Plettenberg Bay by the evening. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western and northern parts of the Eastern Cape, eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the western parts of the Free State and North West. ADVISORIES Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Fine and cool. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Fine and cool but warm to hot in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Fine and warm but cool over the central parts.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.

FREE STATE

Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy from the afternoon with isolated rain and showers in the south. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and rain but widespread in the south west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north westerly reaching gale between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas at times. The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and cool to warm and windy. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain from the afternoon, but scattered along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly, becoming fresh to strong south westerly in the afternoon.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and cool to warm and windy with isolated afternoon showers in places in the north and west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north easterly in the north, otherwise north westerly, becoming fresh to strong south westerly from the south in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Partly cloudy and warm but cool in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be Moderate north-easterly but fresh in the north, becoming south-westerly in the south towards evening. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-05-20
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for heavy rain resulting in localised flooding is expected over Saldanha Bay and Swartland Municipalities (West Coast), the Cape Metropole, Cape Winelands and the western parts of the Overberg Districts.

A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for wind over the interior resulting in some disruptions to road transport, localized damages to some settlements as well as localized problems to high-sided vehicles is expected over the southern High ground of the Northern Cape, the central and northern parts of the Western Cape as well as the western and northern parts of the Eastern Cape.

A Yellow Warning (Level 2) for wind along the coast between Lamberts Bay to Cape Agulhas, spreading to Plettenberg Bay by the evening.

FIRE DANGER