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Severe weather alerts issued as cold fronts make landfall in these parts

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Sunday, 11 June 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flash flooding of susceptible roads in formal/ informal settlements is expected over the Cape Winelands, the City of Cape Town, and western parts of the Overberg Districts from Sunday afternoon until Monday morning (11-12/06/2023).

B. Yellow Level 2 Warning for coastal damaging winds and waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Sunday afternoon until Monday late evening (11-12/06/ 2023), but until Tuesday (13/06/2023) morning for damaging waves

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

A well-developed cold front is expected to make landfall over the south-western parts of the Western Cape on Sunday afternoon into Monday, dropping the day time temperatures significantly on Monday. Maximum temperatures may be below 10.C in places over Namakwa District in the Northern Cape, as well as in the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and interior of Garden Route of the Western Cape Districts as well as over the interior of the Eastern Cape. General windy conditions will accompany by the cold and wet weather.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cool with morning frost in places.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool to cold but warm in the east, where it will be partly cloudy.

Limpopo

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

North West

Temperature: Morning frost in the south-west, otherwise fine and cool.

Free State

Temperature: Morning frost in the south, otherwise fine and cold.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fog patches over the southern parts, otherwise fine and cold to cool.

Wind: – The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Partly cloudy with morning fog patches along the west and south-west coast, otherwise fine and cold but cool over the north-eastern interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly along south-western coast, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fog patches in places in the east at first, otherwise fine and cool.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light westerly, becoming light easterly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Fine and cool, but cold over the northern interior. Morning frost is expected over the high grounds in the morning.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the evening.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Partly cloudy with morning fog patches over the northern interior and morning isolated showers and rain along the north coast, otherwise fine and cool.

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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

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