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WEATHER: Scattered to isolated showers and thundershowers expected in some parts of SA

Today's weather forecast. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 27 September 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. A yellow level 2 warning for waves and winds is expected along Eastern Cape coast, leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and localised disruption to harbours and ports.

B. A yellow level 4 warning for damaging waves and winds are expected along the coast between Port Edward and Richards Bay in the morning.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

NIL

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

Mpumalanga

Temperature:

Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers. It will be cool in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north-western parts.

North West

Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.

Free State

Temperature: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the eastern half but scattered in the extreme east.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east, otherwise fine and cool to cold but warm along the coast.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm, but partly cloudy over the eastern parts with morning light drizzle over the extreme eastern parts of the south coast.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and cool in places, otherwise cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered in the south-east.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly west of Gqeberha in the evening.

The Eastern half: Partly cloudy and cool in places, otherwise cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain south of the escarpment, but scattered in the south-west. Isolated thundershowers are expected in the northeast.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, reaching strong in the south

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Cloudy and cool but cold over the western interior with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west and the north.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh south-westerly, becoming moderate in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

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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.