WEATHER: Heavy rain, flooding and strong winds to hit these parts of South Africa

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Monday, 19 June 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Orange level 5 for damaging interior winds resulting in damage to settlements is expected along the coastal towns from City of Cape Town to Plettenberg Bay of the Western Cape.

B. Orange level 5 warning for high waves and wind resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea and disruptions to beachfront activities are expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay of the Western Cape.

C. Level 4 warning for damaging waves resulting in disruptions of small harbours and/or ports, risk to medium vessels of dragging anchors, difficulty in navigation for the area between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward.

D. Yellow level 4 warning for disruptive rain resulting in flooding of roads and settlements is expected over most parts of the Cape Winelands and north-western parts of the Overberg districts of the Western Cape.

E. Yellow level 2 Warning for damaging interior winds resulting in some transport routes affected by wind and falling trees is expected over most parts of Western Cape, southern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the western and central parts of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the north-eastern part of the Northern Cape, extreme west of the North-West as well as in places in the south-west and eastern parts of the Free-State.

ADVISORIES:

A series of cold fronts are expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape spreading to the Eastern Cape. This will cause day time temperatures to drop significantly. Maximum temperatures may be below 10C in places over the southern parts of the Northern Cape and the interior of Western Cape while spreading to the Eastern Cape 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 but warm in places in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

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

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

North West

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

Free State

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the west at first, otherwise fine, windy and cool.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine in the extreme east, otherwise cloudy to party cloudy, windy, and cold to cool with isolated showers but scattered over the southern high ground of Nama kwa District where it will be very cold. Light snowfall can be expected over the southern high lying areas from the evening.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy, windy and cold with isolated to scattered showers , but widespread over the south-western parts. It will be very cold in places over the northern interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-west to westerly, reaching near-gale to gale force along the south-western parts in the morning, spreading along the south coast by the afternoon. It will moderate from the west from the evening where it will become south-westerly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine in the morning, otherwise cloudy and cold, with isolated showers but scattered along the coast from midday. Light snowfalls expected over the northern high ground from late afternoon.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly becoming strong to near south-westerly winds from late morning.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy in the east, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers in the west. It will be cold but cool south of the escarpment. Snowfall can be expected in places over the western high ground at night.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming strong to near gale south-westerly from afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Early morning fog in places, otherwise fine and warm but cool in the extreme west.

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

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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