WEATHER: Disruptive rain, flooding and strong winds to hit these areas

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Saturday, 17 June 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Yellow Level 7 warning for disruptive rain leading to further flooding over already severely flooded areas can be expected over most of the Cape Winelands and Theewaterskloof Municipality in the Western Cape on Saturday.

B. Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain leading to flooding of roads, formal and informal settlements can be expected over most of the southern parts of the West Coast, City of Cape Town, southern and eastern Overberg, Langeberg Municipality in the Western Cape on Saturday.

C. Yellow Level 2 Warning for damaging coastal winds resulting in localised disruption to small harbours and ports is expected between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas today until tomorrow morning and again on Sunday afternoon.

D. Yellow Level 2 warning for waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Saturday until Tuesday.

E. Yellow Level 1 warning for Damaging winds that could result in Localised damage to settlements (formal and informal), some transport routes and travel services may be affected by wind, falling trees and localised power interruptions can be expected over Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi Districts in the Eastern Cape Province.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

A series of cold fronts are expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape on Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. This will cause daytime temperatures to drop significantly from Saturday. Maximum temperatures may be below 10C in places over the southern Namakwa District in the Northern Cape and the interior of the Western Cape from Saturday until Wednesday. General windy conditions will accompany the cold and wet weather.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cool.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm

North West

Temperature: Fine and cold to cool, but warm in the north-west.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and cold to cool.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine and cool, but cold in the west.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Fine in the north-east in the morning, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to cool with light to moderate rain in the west in the morning, spreading to central and southern parts by the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong westerly to north westerly, becoming moderate in the west from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Windy condition over the interior, otherwise fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy in the south-west with isolated showers and rain by the evening.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming southwesterly.

The Eastern half: Windy condition in places over interior, otherwise fine and cool.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Morning fog over the western interior, otherwise fine and warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the north at times.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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

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