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

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-06-03
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 4 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms resulting in large amounts of small hail and localised flooding of roads and settlements is expected over the Central Karoo, Garden Route, Cape Winelands and the Overberg districts of the Western Cape province, including the eastern parts of the West Coast District in the evening. B. An Orange Level 6 Warning for Disruptive Rain resulting in flooding of settlements, roads and bridges, some communities temporarily cut off as well as danger to life is expected in places over the coast of the Eastern Cape and the adjacent interior. C. A Yellow Level 2 Warning for Severe Thunderstorms resulting in strong damaging winds and hail is expected over eastern parts of Free State, Gauteng, north-western parts of KwaZulu- Natal as well as the highveld of Mpumalanga. D. A Yellow Level 2 Warning for Disruptive Rain resulting in flooding of settlements, roads, low-lying areas and bridges is expected in places south of the escarpment and the extreme northern parts of the Eastern Cape. E. A Yellow Level 4 Warning for Disruptive Rain resulting in flooding is expected over the extreme southern coast of KwaZulu-Natal. F. An Orange Level 6 Warning for Disruptive Snow resulting in loss of livestock and crops as well as some communities being inaccessible over the north-eastern high ground of the Eastern Cape. G. A Yellow Level 2 Warning for Disruptive Snow resulting in icy roads and traffic disruptions over the northern high ground of the Eastern Cape. H. A Yellow Level 4 Warning for Disruptive Snow resulting in loss of livestock and crops as well as some passes being inaccessible is expected over the southern high ground of the Northern Cape and the Central Karoo of the Western Cape. I. A Yellow Level 2 Warning for Damaging Wind and Waves leading to localised disruptions to harbours and/or ports, difficult driving conditions along coastal routes/roads and choppy seas, as well as possible coastal infrastructure damage in exposed bays are expected along the coast between Cape Point and Richard’s Bay. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

– Nil. ADVISORIES –

1. Very cold, wet and windy conditions with snowfalls are expected over the southern high-lying areas of the Namakwa District and southern high ground of the Northern Cape, the central and eastern interior of the Western Cape, the northern high ground of the Eastern Cape, and the central and southern parts of the Free State until Tuesday.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

– Cool in the north otherwise, cloudy and cold with isolated morning showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

– Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-east, clearing from the west in the late afternoon.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Partly cloudy and cool to warm but cloudy in the south-east in the morning with isolated showers and rain, becoming fine from the west in the afternoon.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

– Partly cloudy and cold to cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers except over the extreme north-western parts.

FREE STATE

– Partly cloudy and cold, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the west.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy in the north-east, otherwise cloudy and very cold to cold, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the south where there will be snow during the course of the day. General windy conditions are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cool to cold with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme north west. Snow in mountain tops of the northern Central Karoo can also be expected. There will also be general windy conditions. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly east of Cape Agulhas until the late morning otherwise fresh to strong north-westerly to westerly reaching near-gale at times in the west and south-west coast. The expected UVB sunburn Index Low

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north easterly in the morning, otherwise north-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread along the wild coast. The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly, becoming north-westerly by afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL

– Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north- easterly, becoming very strong in places. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2024-06-04
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

Orange Level 6 warning Disruptive snow resulting in loss of livestock and crops as well as some communities being inaccessible is expected over the north-eastern high-ground of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 2 warning Disruptive snow resulting in icy roads and traffic disruptions is expected over the northern high-ground of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 4 warning Disruptive rain resulting in localised flooding of roads and susceptible settlements is expected over the southern parts of the West Coast, western parts of Cape Winelands, City of Cape Town and western parts of Overberg Districts.

Yellow Level 1 Strong damaging winds leading to difficulty in driving of high-sided vehicles along major routes and damage to temporary structures are expected in the extreme eastern parts of the Free State as well as the northern interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

Yellow Level 2 warning Damaging wind leading to localised disruptions to harbours and/or ports, difficult driving conditions along coastal routes/roads and choppy seas, as well as possible coastal infrastructure damage in exposed bays are expected along the coast between Cape Agulhas and Plettenberg Bay.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil.

ADVISORIES A.

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in places over the interior of the Eastern Cape, the southern high lying areas of the Namakwa District as well as the central and eastern interior of the Western Cape.

Possibility of snowfalls expected in places will likely exacerbate these conditions.