Last Updated on 3rd July 2024 7:15 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-07-04
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 for damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea and small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing are expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay in the evening. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil. ADVISORIES

1. Cold, wet and windy weather conditions are expected over the Eastern Cape province on Friday the 5th of July 2024, due to a passing cold front associated with its upper-air trough. Snowfalls are expected over the high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape province and very rough to high seas from Friday afternoon into Saturday. Meanwhile, another intense cold front is expected to affect the Western Cape and Northern Cape on Sunday 7th of July 2024 into Monday 8th of July 202

4. The public and small stock farmers are advised that heavy downpours, snowfalls, very cold conditions, strong coastal and interior winds and very rough seas can be expected over those areas.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

– Fine and cool but warm in the north. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

– Fine and cold to cool but warm in places in the east.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Fine and cool to warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld and the Limpopo Valley.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

– Fine, windy and cool to warm.

FREE STATE

– Fine, windy and cold to cool becoming partly cloudy in the south.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy in west with morning fog patches, otherwise fine, windy and cold to cool becoming partly cloudy in the south from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly.

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy over the western parts, and along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fine and cold. Morning fog patches are expected over the West Coast, with light rain over the south- western parts from the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh west to north-westerly, but strong at times along the south coast, while including the south-west coast from the evening, where it will reach near-gale towards midnight. The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy with isolated showers over the eastern parts in the morning, otherwise fine and cold. The wind along the coast will be Fresh to strong westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy with isolated showers in the west and light snowfalls in the north-east in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cold but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Fine and cool to warm, but cold in the south-west. It will become partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers along the north coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly in the north in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming strong to near gale from mid-morning. The expected UVB sunburn Index High OR for intermediate updates, follow us on X (@saweatherservic) or Facebook (South African Weather Service).

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-07-04
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Yellow level 2 warning for damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea and small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing are expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay in the evening.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil.

ADVISORIES 1.

Cold, wet and windy weather conditions are expected over the Eastern Cape province on Friday the 5th of July 2024, due to a passing cold front associated with its upper-air trough.

Snowfalls are expected over the high-lying areas and very rough to high seas from Friday afternoon into Saturday.

Meanwhile, another intense cold front is expected to affect the Western Cape and Northern Cape on Sunday 7th of July 2024 into Monday 8th of July.

The public and small stock farmers are advised that heavy downpours, snowfalls, very cold conditions, strong coastal and interior winds and very rough seas can be expected.