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Weather warning: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in Free State TODAY

Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Read weather forecast for Thursday, 13 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 northern and eastern parts of Northern Cape, Greater Taung, Lekwa-Teemane, and Maquassi Hills Local Municipalities in the North West, the Mohokare, Mangaung, Tokologo, and Tswelopele Local Municipalities in the Free State, as well as over the Walter Sisulu and northern Enoch Mgijima Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

NIL

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the north in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy along the escarpment in the morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine and warm.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine and warm.

Free State:

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm in the north, otherwise partly cloudy in the south becoming cloudy in the evening and fog over the north-western parts.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy with light rain in the south-west from the afternoon, spreading to the south-coast in the evening.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light southerly in the north-west at first, otherwise light to moderate westerly to north-westerly becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Warm in the extreme northern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but cloudy in places over the interior.

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

The Eastern half – Partly cloudy and cool, but cloudy in places in the south.

The Eastern halfWind: The wind along the coast will be light westerly, becoming southerly in the afternoon, but south-easterly along the wild coast.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south in the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly south of Durban from afternoon, spreading to Richards Bay in the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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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