WEATHER: Cold front will make landfall over the south-western Cape

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Friday, 15 September 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Orange Level 5 Warning for Damaging Winds and Waves resulting in difficulty in navigation, damage to coastal infrastructure, beach erosion and possible rogue waves is expected along the Plettenberg Bay coastline from the afternoon, spreading to Port Edward by evening.

B. Yellow Level 4 Warning for Waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period is expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Friday until Sunday.

C. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Coastal Winds resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay from Friday until Saturday.

D. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Winds resulting in difficult driving conditions is expected over the Central Karoo, Little Karoo, and Cape Winelands in the Western Cape, as well as southern Namakwa in the Northern Cape Province and the interior in the Eastern Cape Province.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire conditions are expected in places over the central interior of the country and over the western parts of KwaZulu Natal, which results in reduced visibility, damage to property, damage to vegetation, air and water pollution, and loss of human and/or animal life.

ADVISORIES:

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in places over the southern Namakwa District in the Northern Cape and the interior of Western Cape on Friday and Saturday.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm, but hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

North West

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and warm, but windy over the western and southern parts.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine, windy and warm but cool in the south.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly at first and during the afternoon, otherwise light and variable.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy, windy and cool to cold with rain and showers in the west in the morning, spreading to the central interior and the southern parts from the afternoon. Snow is expected over the high lying areas of Cape Winelands.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong westerly to north-westerly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine, windy and warm, becoming cloudy and cool with isolated showers along the coast in the afternoon but scattered west of Algoa Bay and the adjacent interior.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly at first, otherwise fresh to strong westerly, becoming strong to gale force south-westerly from the west in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Fine, windy and warm, becoming cloudy in the south-west in the evening, spreading eastwards overnight.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly from the west in the evening.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Partly cloudy at times, otherwise fine and warm but hot in the North.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, but fresh in the north, becoming moderate south-westerly from the south towards

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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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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