Today’s weather forecast, Sunday, 26 February 2023

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Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. A Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of susceptible informal settlements, low-lying roads, and bridges, as well as poor driving conditions due to pooling of water on roads and reduced visibility is expected over the Vhembe and Mopani Districts of Limpopo and the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga.

B. An Orange level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and settlements as well as danger to life due to fast flowing streams is expected over the north-eastern parts of the Vhembe District of Limpopo.

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FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern parts of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Dawid Kruiper and Kai !Garib Municipalities of the Northern Cape.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon but scattered in the south-west.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the Lowveld and along the escarpment.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Cloudy along the escarpment and in the Lowveld with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the north-east. It will be windy in the northern and eastern parts.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the central and eastern parts.

Free State:

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west, but scattered in the north-east.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot but warm in the south-west and along the coast. It will become partly cloudy in the north from the afternoon.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot but cool along the the south coast.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable east of Still Bay in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly reaching strong between Cape Agulhas and Lamberts Bay

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but cloudy in the south-east.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.

The Eastern half -Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain south of the escarpment but scattered along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior. It will be partly cloudy and warm in the north with isolated thundershowers in the north-east.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly but south-easterly in the morning.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior. It will be warm in places in the north-east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming north-easterly in the south in the afternoon

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

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