Last Updated on 16th November 2019 11:05 AM by AfriWX
Good Morning South Africa, here is your Weather Overview for South and Southern Africa for today, Saturday 16 November 2019.
Early Morning Satellite Images
Saturday morning starts of with sunny clear skies for much of the interior while the South and East coast, Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, remain clouded over and could expect continuing rainfall.
Southern Africa Weather Overview
From one of South Africa’s most trusted Weather Forecasters, Mike J Berridge here is Mike’s overview for today.
OVERVIEW FOR SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER:
Text Courtesy: Mike J Berridge
The Low pressure disturbance “LC” is pulling a narrow stream of humid Equatorial air down the Mozambique Channel and across the island of Madagascar. The humid air forms a front marked “ITCZ” which stands for ‘Inter-tropical Convergence Zone’ (yellow frontal line). This type of front often becomes very unstable. Today it will cause patches of heavy rain and thunderstorms for Madagascar and the southern Channel as shown with pink shading. Darker pink denotes the heavier rain areas.
Thunder showers are also shown for central Mozambique and north-east Zimbabwe, with scattered thunder showers for Zambia. The moisture for this is generally coming as a humid northwester from the Congo in the north.
The western side of the Low is pulling in dry stable air from the west or south-west.
South of the Cape there is a High pressure ridge growing out from the Atlantic High “HA2”. This will send light rain against the southern Cape coastal region which will be persistent, and tomorrow (Sunday) will spread inland in patches together with the cool air which will follow as the front heads in a north-easterly direction to restore clouds and rain for the eastern regions (eg KZN)..
Regional Weather Forecast
Here is your Regional Weather forecast from the South African Weather Service.
THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY: 2019-11-16
ISSUED AT 05:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 16:00 SAST.
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
WARNINGS:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the northern parts
of the Northern Cape.
WATCHES:
Nil.
SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
Nil.
1. GAUTENG:
Fine, becoming partly cloudy and warm in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
2. MPUMALANGA:
Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Lowveld.
3. LIMPOPO:
Partly cloudy and warm to hot.
4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
Fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy in the extreme north-east.
5. FREE STATE:
Fog patched in the extreme north-east, otherwise fine and warm to hot
but partly cloudy in the east.
6. NORTHERN CAPE:
Cloudy and cool with morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and warm but
partly cloudy in the extreme south.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
7. WESTERN CAPE:
Fine and warm to hot in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but cloudy and
cool along the south coast where there will be isolated intermittent rain throughout
the day.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly along the south
coast, otherwise strong southerly to south-easterly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme
8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
Cloudy and cool along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy. Light rain is expected along the
coast and adjacent interior in the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
Partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy from the south-west with light rain, gradually
spreading from Grahamstown to the Drakensberg.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
Morning fog over the southern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in
the north-east. Isolated morning showers are expected in the north coast and
adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly
becoming moderate south-easterly in the south by afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate
Travellers Weather Forecast
Here is also your Travellers Weather forecast from the South African Weather Service.
TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY: 2019-11-16
ISSUED AT 04:30 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 15:30 SAST.
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
WARNINGS:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the northern parts
of the Northern Cape.
WATCHES:
Nil.
SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
Nil.
PRETORIA:
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/31
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High
JOHANNESBURG:
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/29
VEREENIGING:
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/29
MBOMBELA:
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27
POLOKWANE:
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29
MAHIKENG:
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/31
VRYBURG:
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/36
BLOEMFONTEIN:
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/33
KIMBERLEY:
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/31
UPINGTON:
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/37
CAPE TOWN:
Partly cloudy in the morning becoming fine.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/21
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme
GEORGE:
Cloudy with isolated intermittent rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/19
PORT ELIZABETH:
Cloudy with afternoon and evening isolated rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23
EAST LONDON:
Partly cloudy with evening isolated rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south east
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24
DURBAN:
Partly cloudy becoming fine in the evening.
Wind: Moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate
RICHARDS BAY:
Partly cloudy with isolated morning showers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly
Minimum/Maximum: 18/27
PIETERMARITZBURG:
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25
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