Last Updated on 27th January 2021 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-01-28
ISSUED AT 1600 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 0500 SAST.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

1. Orange Level 5 Warning for Disruptive rainfall expected over southern Mpumalanga, northern Gauteng and western Bushveld in Limpopo, resulting in flooded low-laying areas, Isolated cases of breakages of informal/farm dam walls, disruption of traffic and basic services, flooding of roads and settlements (formal and informal), danger to life (fast flowing streams / deep water) .

2. Yellow Level 4 Warning for Disruptive rainfall is expected over eastern and central North West, eastern Free State, and northern half of KwaZulu-Natal.

3. Yellow level 2 is expected over eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, resulting in flooded low-laying areas, disruption of traffic and basic services and damage to agricultural crops and livestock. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil. ADVISORIES Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index Moderate

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

– Morning fog patches on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers but isolated in the northeast.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Morning fog patches on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered to widespread in the central and west.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

– Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

FREE STATE

– Cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the central and south-eastern parts, but scattered in the east.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy along the coast at first where it will be cool, otherwise fine and warm and hot. It will be partly cloudy in the east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm but hot in the north east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly along the south coast by the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy and cool with isolated rain, but warm in the west where it will become fine from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be Light and variable, but light to moderate south easterly during the afternoon.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be Moderate south westerly in the south during the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south easterly, becoming north easterly from evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL

– Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

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Maximum Temperatures Forecast for South Africa Thursday 28 January 2021

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UVB Index Outlook for South Africa Thursday 28 January 2021

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2021-01-28
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Orange Level 5 Warning for Disruptive rainfall expected over southern Mpumalanga, northern Gauteng and western Bushveld in Limpopo, resulting in flooded low-laying areas, Isolated cases of breakages of informal/farm dam walls, disruption of traffic and basic services, flooding of roads and settlements (formal and informal), danger to life (fast flowing streams / deep water) .

Yellow Level 4 Warning for Disruptive rainfall is expected over eastern and central North West, eastern Free State, and northern half of KwaZulu-Natal.

Yellow level 2 is expected over eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, resulting in flooded low-laying areas, disruption of traffic and basic services and damage to agricultural crops and livestock.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil.

ADVISORIES Nil.

WEATHER IN OUR TOP CITIES

PRETORIA

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 18/24 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Moderate

JOHANNESBURG

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 16/22

VEREENIGING

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 16/21

MBOMBELA

Morning with fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/23

POLOKWANE

Morning with mist, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 19/28

MAHIKENG

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 18/28

VRYBURG

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 18/28

BLOEMFONTEIN

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 16/24

KIMBERLEY

Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 15/28

UPINGTON

Fine.

Minimum/Maximum 20/35

CAPE TOWN

Fine.

Wind Moderate south-easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 17/25 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Extreme

GEORGE

Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.

Wind Light to moderate south-easterly.

Minimum/Maximum 14/24

PORT ELIZABETH

Cloudy with isolated rain, becoming fine in the afternoon.

Wind Light and variable, but moderate south easterly during the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 15/25

EAST LONDON

Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.

Wind Moderate south westerly, but south easterly in the afternoon, becoming light north easterly in the evening.

Minimum/Maximum 17/22

DURBAN

Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Wind Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

Minimum/Maximum 19/24 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Low

RICHARDS BAY

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Wind Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

Minimum/Maximum 20/23

PIETERMARITZBURG

Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 16/19

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