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WEATHER: Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal to face strong winds and RAIN

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Sunday, 3 September 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 1 Warning: For Damaging Winds resulting in blowing of loose debris, difficult driving conditions for small motor and high-sided vehicles and risk of veld fires is expected over the central and western parts of Free State, west and south-west of North-West, eastern and north-eastern parts of Northern Cape and northern interior of Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extreme high fire danger conditions are expected over north-eastern parts of Northern Cape, North-West, Free State, north-eastern parts of Eastern Cape as well as Blouberg and Lephalele Local Municipalities of Limpopo province.

ADVISORIES:

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

North West

Temperature: Fine in the north-east, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot.

Free State

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm

Northern Cape

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the south and east, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light and variable becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly from the afternoon.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to cool.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light and variable east of Witsand and north of Cape Columbine becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly towards the end of the period, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly becoming westerly to south-westerly from the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly in the evening.

The Eastern half: Cloudy in places south of escarpment at first with light rain along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly and cool.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches in places over the interior and rain in the east. It will become partly cloudy and warm to hot in the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly becoming moderate westerly to south-westerly in places in the south by afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very 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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