Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Thursday, 31 August 2023.
Severe weather alerts
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
NIL
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
A. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Beaufort West Municipality of Western Cape, the eastern parts of Northern Cape as well as Eastern Cape except in the extreme east and along the coast.
ADVISORIES:
A. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Beaufort West Municipality of Western Cape, the eastern parts of Northern Cape as well as Eastern Cape except in the extreme east and along the coast.
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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: Fine and cool to warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.
Limpopo
Temperature: Fine and warm
North West
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
Free State
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Cold over the extreme western parts, otherwise fine and cool to warm with morning fog along the coast where it will be partly cloudy with isolated showers. It will be windy over the southern parts.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light southerly to south-westerly
Western Cape
Temperature: Fine and warm over the north-eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and rain, but widespread over the extreme south-western parts. It will be cloudy along the coast and adjacent interior.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly reaching fresh to strong from late morning, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay from late afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Fine, windy and warm, but partly cloudy in the south, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain along coast and adjacent interior in the evening.
The Western half – The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south westerly.
The Eastern half: Fine and warm, but hot in places south of escarpment, but partly cloudy south-west.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Fine and warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.
