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

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms with heavy downpours, resulting in localised flooding of roads, bridges and low-lying areas as well as strong damaging winds and hail leading to localised damage to settlements and infrastructure are expected over the central parts of Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern parts of Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:
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An intense cut-off low is expected to affect the Eastern Cape and the eastern parts of the Western Cape from Tuesday evening until Thursday. Adverse weather conditions are expected, including heavy rainfall, strong interior winds and gale-force coastal winds, damaging waves, storm surge, and possible disruptive snow in places over the high-lying areas. The public and small stock farmers are advised to take the necessary precautions.

GAUTENG:
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Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolate showers and thundershowers.

PRETORIA:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/28

JOHANNESBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24

VEREENIGING:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/24

MPUMALANGA:
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Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west.

MBOMBELA:
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Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27

LIMPOPO:
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Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated evening showers and thundershowers over the south-western Bushveld.

POLOKWANE:
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Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26

NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the west where it will be cloudy.

MAHIKENG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/26

VRYBURG:
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Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/25

FREE STATE:
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Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the west where it will be cloudy.

BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/25

NORTHERN CAPE:
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Fine over the western interior, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme north-east. Morning fog can be expected over along the coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly.

KIMBERLEY:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/25

UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/23

WESTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain, but widespread over the south-western parts. It will be fine in the extreme north-east.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly, reaching strong along the south-west coast until in the afternoon. It will become fresh to strong south-westerly along the south coast from the afternoon.

CAPE TOWN:
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Cloudy with widespread showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly, reaching strong until in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/18

GEORGE:
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Partly cloudy with light rain from afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/20

WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Fine at in the morning, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated along the coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Fine at in the morning, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light northerly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.

GQEBERHA:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/22

EAST LONDON:
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Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Might and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27

KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog patches over the north central interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north-east. It will become cloudy in the south-west in the evening with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly in the south in the morning and evening, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.

DURBAN:
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Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30

RICHARDS BAY:
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Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/34

PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/30

For more visit the weather service’s website.

Written by: Mike Stroud

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