Today’s weather forecast, Saturday, 28 January 2023

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Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

Yellow Level-1 warning: Disruptive wind is expected between City of Cape Town and Lambert’s Bay on Saturday but between Hermanus and Lambert’s Bay on Sunday, subsiding in the evening.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Xhariep District Municipality in the Free State.

ADVISORIES:

Extremely uncomfortable hot and humid conditions is expected over the Lowvelds of Mpumalanga and Limpopo spreading to Limpopo Valley on Sunday.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and hot.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm but hot to very hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme western and north-eastern parts.

Free State:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and the eastern parts.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool in the south-west but warm to hot over the interior becoming windy across the province by afternoon. Widespread rain is expected along the south, south-western coastal areas and adjacent interior in the morning clearing whilst, spreading eastwards into the Overberg coast by late morning and south coast and interior during the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong south-easterly but fresh south-westerly at first along the south coast where it will become strong southerly in the east. It will reach near gale between Lambert’s Bay and Hermanus from afternoon

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, but southerly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half -Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, but strong at times over East London coast.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west. Isolated showers and thundershowers except in the north-east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be gentle south-easterly north of Richards Bay at first, otherwise moderate north-easterly becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the south towards evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

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