Weather warning: Extremely high fire danger conditions expected in Western Cape

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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Read weather forecast for day, Monday 17 April 2023

Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

NIL

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FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Dawid Kruiper, Kai !Garib, !Kheis, Siyathemba and Kareeberg Local Municipalities of the Northern Cape as well as the Central and Little Karoo District Municipalities of the Western Cape.

ADVISORIES:

NIL

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the Highveld, otherwise fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Fine in the south in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine and warm.

Free State:

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape:

Temperature: Cloudy with fog along the south-west and the south-coast in the morning and the evening, otherwise fine and cool to warm but hot in the west and the central interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the south, otherwise moderate to fresh south-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Fine and warm, but hot in places over the interior.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly becoming light north-easterly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half – Fine and warm.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly becoming light north-easterly in the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog over the north-western parts, otherwise fine and warm but hot in places in the east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

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