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WEATHER: Parts of South Africa to experience damaging Winds and RAIN

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Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Thursday, 17 August 2023.

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IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A.Yellow Level 1 Warning for Damaging Winds resulting in damage to property and temporary structures, disruption to power supply and risk of localised runaway fires, is expected in places over the interior of the Eastern Cape, central and southern parts of the Northern Cape as well as western parts of the North West Province and the Free State.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

High FDI expected over northern and central parts of the Northern Cape, as well as the western part of the North-West and Free State including the northern interior of the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cool but warm in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog in the south-west, otherwise fine and warm to hot.

Limpopo

Temperature: Cloudy in the north in the morning, otherwise fine and warm.

North West

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm.

Free State

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the northern part.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-eastern part.

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

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy in the south-west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with rainover the south western parts. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the early morning over the north eastern parts.

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming fine in the evening.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly

The Eastern half: Warm in places south of escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Fine to partly cloudy and warm.

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

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.