Tuesday’s Weather

Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws).

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms resulting in hail, heavy downpours and strong
damaging winds, leading to localized flooding of susceptible areas and roads, and localized
damage to infrastructure are expected in places over the eastern parts of Eastern Cape as well as the Mpumalanga Highveld and north- western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most parts of the Northern Cape and southern half of Free State.

ADVISORIES:
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A. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Lowveld of Limpopo and
Mpumalanga and Limpopo Valley, central parts of the Free State, south-western parts of North West and extreme north-eastern parts of Northern Cape until at least tomorrow.

B. Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in places over the Cape Winelands and the Central Karoo of the Western Cape as well as the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until at least tomorrow.

GAUTENG:
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Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

PRETORIA:
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Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/29

JOHANNESBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28

VEREENIGING:
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Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28
MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy with fog patches in the Lowveld in the morning where it will be hot, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the Lowveld.

MBOMBELA:
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Cloudy with fog patches in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers
and thundershowers.
Minimum/maximum: 20/32
LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy with morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot to very hot in the Lowveld and western Bushveld.

POLOKWANE:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/maximum temperatures: 18/31
NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Partly cloudy, windy and hot to very hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

MAHIKENG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/32

VRYBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/36
FREE STATE:
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Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east.

BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/36
NORTHERN CAPE:
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Fine in the extreme west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

KIMBERLEY:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/37

UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/36
WESTERN CAPE:
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Fine and warm to hot but cool in places in the southern and extreme south-western parts
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong along the west coast from the afternoon.

CAPE TOWN:
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Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27

GEORGE:
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Fine at first, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable, otherwise moderate southerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24
WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Warm in places along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers. There will be isolated light rain along the coast in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate southerly, but south-westerly at times.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Warm in places along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the central interior and south coast.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

GQEBERHA:
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Fine, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated light rain from the evening
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25

EAST LONDON:
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Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/22
KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme north-west except along the coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming south-easterly in the south in the afternoon.

DURBAN:
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Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/32

RICHARDS BAY:
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Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/37

PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/37

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