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WEATHER: Isolated to scattered showers and RAIN to hit some parts of Western Cape

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Tuesday, 22 August 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Yellow level 4 warning: Wind leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay, persisting until Wednesday.

B. Yellow level 2 warning: Waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports for a short period are expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay, persisting until Wednesday.

C. Yellow level 1 warning: Wind leading to difficult driving conditions for small motor vehicles and blowing around of loose debris is expected over the south-east of Northern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

A. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over north-eastern parts of Northern Cape, North-West Province, north-eastern parts of Free State, the central and northern parts OF Eastern Cape, western parts of KwaZulu-Natal,High- veld of Mpumalanga as well as the south-western Bushveld of Limpopo.

ADVISORIES:

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga

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

Limpopo

Temperature: Morning fog over the Lowveld, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot in the extreme northern parts.

North West

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm. It will be windy in the extreme south.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm, but partly cloudy and cold in the west with morning fog along the coast and adjacent interior. It will be windy in the south.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Fine and cool in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the south-west where it will be cloudy, but widespread over the extreme south-west. It will be windy in places.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly to westerly, reaching gale force between Yzerfontein and Still Bay. It will become fresh to strong south-westerly towards the end of the period

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Morning fog in the north, otherwise fine and cool.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light and variable from late morning.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy along the coast and adjacent interior at first, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Fine and warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly to southerly, becoming north-easterly from the south in the afternoon, spreading northwards later.

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.

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