WEATHER: Heavy rain, potential flooding expected in THESE parts of South Africa

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 June 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. A Yellow level 2 warning for wind and waves resulting in localised disruption of ports, small vessels at risk of taking on water or capsizing, and difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Saldanha Bay and Mazeppa Bay.

B. A Yellow level 1 warning for wind resulting in localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes is expected over the City of Cape Town, Cape Winelands, Overberg and Central Karoo of the Western Cape, the Karoo Hoogland of the Northern Cape, Joe Gqabi, Chris Hani, and Sarah Baartman Districts of the Eastern Cape as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay, Raymond Mhlaba and Ngqushwa Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

C. A Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of roads and settlements can be expected over the southern West Coast, south-eastern Cape Winelands and western Overberg Districts of the Western Cape.

D. An Orange Level 6 warning for disruptive rain leading to major disruption of traffic flow can be expected over the City of Cape Town and most parts of the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

A series cold fronts are expected to affect the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape until and including Thursday resulting in very cold, wet and windy weather over the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape, the interior of the Western Cape and the northern interior of the Eastern Cape.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cold but cool in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm but cold on the Highveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

North West

Temperature: Fine and cold to cool.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and cold to cool but partly cloudy and windy in the south.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cloudy in the south and west where it will be very cold with light rain from mid-morning, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cold but fine in the north-east.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy, windy and cold with scattered showers and rain but widespread in the west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly, but gale force between Table Bay and Still Bay in the morning, becoming strong to near gale force westerly to south-westerly from mid-morning between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy at first, otherwise cloudy, windy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and rain but scattered over the south-western and central parts. It will be cool along the coast.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong to gale south-westerly.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy at first, otherwise cloudy, windy and cold, but cool in places in the south-east. Isolated showers and rain are expected except along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior. Light snowfalls can be expected over the southern Drakensberg in the evening.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong south-westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Fine and warm but cool in places in the west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly.

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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