Wednesday’s Weather

Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws).
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
A. Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over southern parts of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, as well as the south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
B. Yellow level 1 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected in places over the south-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kai! Garib, Kheis, Dawid Kruiper, Dikgatlong, and Phokane local municipalities of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES:
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Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

GAUTENG:
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Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the extreme north.

PRETORIA:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31

JOHANNESBURG:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30

VEREENIGING:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29

MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy in the east in the morning with fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the Lowveld.

MBOMBELA:
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Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28

LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy in the east in the morning with fog patches along the southern escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers in places in the north-east.

POLOKWANE:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28

NORTH WEST:
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Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and the western parts.

MAHIKENG:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32

VRYBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34

FREE STATE:
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Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east.

BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28

NORTHERN CAPE:
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Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be fine in places in the west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

KIMBERLEY:
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Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30

UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/37

WESTERN CAPE:
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Morning fog in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the south and east. It will be cloudy in the south.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly, but moderate north-easterly along the south-west coast.

CAPE TOWN:
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Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/28

GEORGE:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south. It will be cloudy along the coast.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

GQEBERHA:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh from afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27

EAST LONDON:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/31

KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning and evening fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the south, otherwise isolated except in the north.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly.

DURBAN:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Fresh to strong north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/35

RICHARDS BAY:
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Partly cloudy.
Wind: Fresh to strong north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/36

PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/35

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