WEATHER: Severe thunderstorms resulting in strong winds to hit these parts of SA

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

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. A yellow level 1 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms resulting in strong damaging winds leading to localized damage to property, blown roofs and possibility of trees being uprooted over south-eastern Limpopo and along the escarpment of Mpumalanga.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the east of Northern Cape, North West province and in places over Free State, the south-western and northern parts of Limpopo.

ADVISORIES:

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy from the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers along the escarpment.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the central to south-eastern parts.

North West

Temperature: Fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy in the west, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the extreme west by evening.

Free State

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cool along the coast where it will be partly cloudy with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm to hot. It will become partly cloudy in the north and north-east with isolated late afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh to strong from the afternoon.

Western Cape

Temperature: Fine in the north-east, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with light rain and showers in the south-west and the south coast until in the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly in the west in the morning, otherwise westerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy in places in the south in the morning, otherwise fine and warm but cool along the coast. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior by evening.

The Western half – The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Cloudy in the south-west at first, otherwise fine and warm becoming cloudy south of the escarpment from the evening.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light to moderate easterly to north-easterly from midday.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in places in the north.

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

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