Last Updated on 18th December 2023 7:15 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-12-19
ISSUED AT 1530 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 Severe Thunderstorms with large amounts of small hail and heavy downpours that can result in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low lying areas and bridges are expected over Gauteng, Western Bushveld of Limpopo as well as the west and central parts of Mpumalanga. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape. ADVISORIES Heatwave conditions resulting in persistently high temperatures over and above the average maximum are expected over the western parts of North- West, west and central parts of the Free State, as well as eastern Northern Cape until Saturday.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north. Scattered showers and thundershowers can be expected in the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Morning drizzle and fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north-east.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

Morning drizzle and fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and hot but very hot in the west, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the far east.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy and hot but very hot in the west, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the far east.

NORTHERN CAPE

Cloudy along the coast in the morning, where it will be cool, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but warm in places in the south. It will be partly cloudy in places in the east in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

WESTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy in the east in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places over the interior. It will become partly cloudy along the south coast in the evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong south- easterly. The expected UVB sunburn Index Extreme

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the north. It will be cloudy and cool along the coast and adjacent interior, where rain can be expected in the morning. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south- easterly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly east of Algoa Bay in the evening.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and hot in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers along coast and adjacent interior as well as over the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly in the south in the morning otherwise south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from late afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Cloudy and cool, but warm in places in the north with isolated showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south- westerly, becoming south-easterly in the south from late afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High OR Follow us on twitter at @saweatherservic

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-12-19
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Yellow Level 2 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms with heavy downpours, as well as large amounts of small hail that can result in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low lying areas and bridges are expected over Gauteng, Western Bushveld of Limpopo as well as the west and central parts of Mpumalanga.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES Heatwave conditions resulting in persistently high temperatures over and above the average maximum are expected over the western parts of North- West, west and central parts of the Free State, as well as eastern parts of the Northern Cape until Saturday.