Last Updated on 7th February 2024 7:15 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-02-08
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. A yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning leading to localized damage to infrastructure and property is expected in places over the Highveld and escarpment areas of Mpumalanga and the extreme southern parts of Limpopo. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

====================== Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Free State and North West, the central and northern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the south-western Bushveld of Limpopo. ADVISORIES ===========

1. A Heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places in Gauteng, the western Bushveld of Limpopo, the western Highveld of Mpumalanga, the central and eastern parts of the North West and the north- eastern parts of the Free State until and including Thursday (08 February 2024).

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

=========== Fine and hot but very hot in the north. It will become partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated evening thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

============== Cloudy along the escarpment with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers from the afternoon but isolated in the eastern Lowveld and on the extreme south- western Highveld.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

=========== Cloudy in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Fine in the east in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east in the evening.

FREE STATE

============== Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east from the afternoon.

NORTHERN CAPE

================= Partly cloudy in places over the south-western interior in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy in the extreme north and north-east. It will be very hot in places in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south- easterly, becoming fresh to strong from the afternoon.

WESTERN CAPE

================ Cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior with light rain in places in the morning where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, while clearing from the north during the afternoon. It will be hot in places in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south- westerly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

============= Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but fine over the northern interior where it will be hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

============= Fine in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with drizzle in the east and along wild coast. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL

================== Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly but fresh in the north, becoming light to moderate south-easterly from late afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-02-08
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

====================== A.

A yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning leading to localized damage to infrastructure and property is expected in places over the Highveld and escarpment areas of Mpumalanga and the extreme southern parts of Limpopo.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

ADVISORIES =========== 1.

A Heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places in Gauteng, the western Bushveld of Limpopo, the western Highveld of Mpumalanga, the central and eastern parts of the North West and the north- eastern parts of the Free State until and including Thursday (08 February 2024).