Wednesday’s Weather

Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws).

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, excessive lightning, damaging winds and large amounts of small hail may result in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, localised damage to infrastructure, settlements and property; localised injuries due to flying debris; and minor vehicle accidents over Gauteng, most parts of North West and Free State, northern parts of Northern Cape, the Highveld of Mpumalanga, and the western and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kamiesberg, Hantam, Dawid Kruiper, and Ubuntu municipalities of the Northern Cape, and the Matzikama and Swartland municipalities of the Western Cape.

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

GAUTENG:
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Cloudy and cool, but warm in the north, with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.

PRETORIA:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 16/25

JOHANNESBURG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 14/24

VEREENIGING:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 13/24

MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be hot in the south with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MBOMBELA:
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Cloudy with morning drizzle and isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 16/29
LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy and warm with morning drizzle along the escarpment and isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers except in the central parts, becoming partly cloudy from the east in the evening.

POLOKWANE:
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Cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 16/24

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MAHIKENG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 17/22

VRYBURG:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 17/24

FREE STATE:
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Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 16/25

NORTHERN CAPE:
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Fine and cool in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

KIMBERLEY:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 16/28

UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 19/33

WESTERN CAPE:
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Partly cloudy along the south coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the south coast will be moderate south-westerly, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

CAPE TOWN:
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Fine. Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly. Minimum/Maximum: 15/23

GEORGE:
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Partly cloudy. Wind: Light and variable, but moderate south-westerly by the afternoon. Minimum/Maximum: 12/19

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Fine in the north-west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but partly cloudy in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

GQEBERHA:
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Partly cloudy. Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly. Minimum/Maximum: 12/20

EAST LONDON:
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Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and rain. Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly. Minimum/Maximum: 12/22

KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be hot in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

DURBAN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly. Minimum/Maximum: 19/25

RICHARDS BAY:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly. Minimum/Maximum: 18/31

PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 13/26

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