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WEATHER: Isolated showers and rain expected in some parts of SA

Today's weather forecast. Image: CANVA

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Saturday, 2 September 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

A. Extreme high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Free State, the North-West as well as the extreme southern parts of Limpopo Province.

ADVISORIES:

NIL

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Partly cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise fine and hot but hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot.

North West

Temperature: Fine and warm.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine and warm but cold to cool in the south.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly but strong in the north.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the south-west coast and adjacent, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate west to north-westerly but light northerly along the south coast at first becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming southerly east of Algoa Bay in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy and cool but cloudy south of the escarpment with isolated rain along the coast and adjacent interior.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly, becoming southerly from the south in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north. A chance of light rain expected along the south coast.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh 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.

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.