Last Updated on 3rd January 2023 6:45 PM by AfriWX

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-01-04
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. Level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected over the eastern interior of the Eastern Cape, including the Wild coast. B. Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging wind and hail leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges, localised structural damages are expected in places over the interior of KwaZulu-Natal. FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil.

PROVINCIAL WEATHER OVERVIEW

GAUTENG PROVINCE

Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn Index High

MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

Hot in the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the Bushbuckridge area.

LIMPOPO PROVINCE

– Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and south. It will be very hot in the Lowveld and the Limpopo Valley.

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE

Partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme east.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the east.

NORTHERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly. Page 2 of 4

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of rain along the south-western parts and with isolated to scattered showers over the south coast and adjacent and eastern interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming strong southerly north of Cape Agulhas by the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn Index Very High

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

– Morning mist in the south at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and rain and with thundershowers in the north. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE

Partly cloudy and warm, becoming cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north and southwest. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

– Fine and warm, but hot in the north. It will become cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-western interior. Page 3 of 4 The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the south in the morning, spreading to Richards Bay towards evening. The expected UVB sunburn Index High Page 4 of 4

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TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST

FOR TOMORROW 2023-01-04
ISSUED AT 1530 SAST
BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS

IMPACT-BASED

WARNINGS

Level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected over the eastern interior of the Eastern Cape, including the Wild coast.

Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging wind and hail leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges, localised structural damages are expected in places over the interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER

WARNINGS

Nil.

ADVISORIES Nil.

WEATHER IN OUR TOP CITIES

PRETORIA

– Fine becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/31 The expected UVB Sunburn Index High

JOHANNESBURG

Fine becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 13/27

VEREENIGING

Fine becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 13/27

MBOMBELA

– Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 19/28

POLOKWANE

Partly cloudy.

Minimum/Maximum 16/30

MAHIKENG

– Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/31

VRYBURG

Page 2 of 5 – Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/30

BLOEMFONTEIN

– Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 15/28

KIMBERLEY

– Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 18/29

UPINGTON

– Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 18/34

CAPE TOWN

– Cloudy to partly cloudy with a chance of light rain in the morning.

Wind Moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming strong southerly by the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 18/21 The expected UVB Sunburn Index Very High

GEORGE

Page 3 of 5 – Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.

Wind Moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.

Minimum/Maximum 18/21 QEBERHA Morning mist at first, otherwise partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and rain.

Wind Moderate to fresh southwesterly.

Minimum/Maximum 18/24

EAST LONDON

– Partly cloudy, with scattered afternoon thundershowers.

Wind Moderate to fresh southwesterly.

Minimum/Maximum 19/25

DURBAN

– Fine becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered thundershowers.

WindModerate to fresh north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.

Minimum/Maximum 20/30 The expected UVB Sunburn Index High

RICHARDS BAY

– Fine becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered thundershowers.

Page 4 of 5 WindModerate to fresh north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly in the evening.

Minimum/Maximum 21/33

PIETERMARITZBURG

Fine becoming cloudy in the afternoon with widespread thundershowers.

Minimum/Maximum 17/31 Page 5 of 5

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