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Today’s weather forecast, Thursday, 16 February 2023

Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A.YELLOW LEVEL 2 WARNING for disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of susceptible formal/informal settlement and roads, low-lying areas and bridges as well as difficult driving conditions on dirt roads is expected over the eastern parts of North-West, central Free State and southern Gauteng, southern highveld,lowveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga, Lowveld and escarpment of Limpopo ,northern KwaZulu Natal and the south-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.

B. AN ORANGE LEVEL 5 WARNING for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and settlements, low-lying areas and bridges and difficult driving conditions on dirt road is expected along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior in the Eastern Cape, southern and western parts of KwaZulu Natal, Western parts of the North West and the north and eastern part of the Free State.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central part of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

Extremely uncomfortable hot and humid conditions are expected over the Cederberg and Bergrivier municipalities

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north-west. It will be hot in places in the lowveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Cloudy in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east and the extreme south-west.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the northeast.

Free State:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the southwest.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the eastern and northern parts otherwise fine but cloudy and cool in places along the coast and adjacent interior with morning fog patches.

Wind: Wind along the coast: Light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly.

Western Cape:

Temperature: Fine to partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places over the West Coast. It will be mostly cloudy and cool in places over the central and eastern parts with isolated showers, but scattered along the south coast. Isolated showers and thundershowers are possible over the northern interior during the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable east of Mossel bay, otherwise fresh to strong south to south-easterly, spreading to Plettenberg Bay by the afternoon. It will reach near-gale between Cape Point and Saldanha Bay during the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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

The Eastern half -Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the east.

The Eastern halfWind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south easterly.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, but moderate southwesterly to south-easterly south of Richards Bay, spreading to Cape St.Lucia in the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Stay up to date by viewing our daily Regional weather forecast here.


Adamu Andrew Michael

Adamu Andrew is a journalist from Tanzania. He holds a B.A in Mass Communication from St. Augustine University of Tanzania. He is currently working with The South African on syndication content like weather, daily horoscopes, soapies, On This Day, and newspaper front pages.

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