WEATHER: Damaging waves still expected to hit these parts of SA

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Monday, 18 September 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow Level 1 warning for Damaging Waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Richards Bay in the morning.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

A. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kgatelopele LM of Northern Cape, and Greater Taung, Mamusa LMs of the North West.

ADVISORIES:

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Partly cloudy becoming fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Cloudy with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become fine in the afternoon.

Limpopo

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment. It will become fine in the afternoon.

North West

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in the north-west.

Free State

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cool along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in the extreme north.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Cold to cool along the south and south-west coasts where it will be cloudy at first, otherwise fine and cool to warm over the interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly but southerly to south-easterly in the extreme west.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine and warm, but partly cloudy and cool along the coast and adjacent interior. It will become cloudy in the south-east in the evening.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from late morning

The Eastern half: Morning fog patches in places in the east, otherwise fine and warm, but cool north of the escarpment.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and warm becoming fine in the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly to easterly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly becoming strong in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very 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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