Wednesday’s Weather

Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws).

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
A. Orange Level 5 Warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours leading to flooding of roads and bridges, damage to property and infrastructure, as well as agricultural activities, are expected over the eastern parts of the Free State.

B. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of roads and bridges, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning are expected over the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the extreme southern Highveld of Mpumalanga and Gauteng.

C. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised damage to settlements, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, Free State and North West.

D. Yellow Level 1 Warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in possible strong winds, heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning are expected over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal in the early morning.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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ADVISORIES:
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Cold and wet conditions are expected over the central and western parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Thursday, but very cold over the south-western high grounds where light snowfall is possible.

GAUTENG:
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Warm in the north, othwerwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the south-west.

PRETORIA:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23

JOHANNESBURG:
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Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/21

VEREENIGING:
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Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/19

MPUMALANGA:
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Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the south-west, except in the Lowveld where it will be warm.

MBOMBELA:
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Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/23

LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in western and southern parts but scattered in the extreme south-west.

POLOKWANE:
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Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26

NORTH WEST PROVINCE:
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Cloudy and warm to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread over the central and southern parts.

MAHIKENG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23

VRYBURG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/19

FREE STATE:
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Cloudy and cool to cold with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the east.

BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/18

NORTHERN CAPE:
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Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers in the central parts but scattered in the east. It will be warm in the north.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly from the afternoon.

KIMBERLEY:
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Cloudy and windy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20

UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25

WESTERN CAPE:
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Morning fog patches along the west coast, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning along the west coast, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

CAPE TOWN:
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Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23

GEORGE:
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Cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/18

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and rain, but isolated in the extreme west.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly, becoming south-westerly from the west in the evening.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and rain.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, reaching fresh in places.

GQEBERHA:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light easterly, but light and variable at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19

EAST LONDON:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20

KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Cool in the north-east and along the coast, otherwise cloudy and cold but very cold in the extreme south-west. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected but widespread in the west and isolated again in the north-east.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly but fresh in the north.

DURBAN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light southerly, becoming light and variable from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/21

RICHARDS BAY:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly, becoming light and variable from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/21

PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/16

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