WEATHER: Strong winds accompanied by rain to affect these areas

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Monday, 31 July 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS

A. Orange level 5 warning: Winds and waves resulting in disruptions to ports/harbours and possible coastal infra-structure damage is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward.

B. A Yellow level 2 WARNING: Winds and waves resulting in disruptions to beachfront activities and difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay.

C. Yellow level 2 Warning: Damaging winds resulting in problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes and localised damage to settlements, and temporary structures is expected over the southern parts of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

NIL

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cold.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and cold, but cool in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and cool but cold over the central interior.

North West

Temperature: Fine and cold to cool

Free State

Temperature: Fine and cold, becoming partly cloudy in the west by the afternoon.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches over the western and central part,otherwise fine and cold, becoming partly cloudy in the south.

Wind: – The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cold to very cold with light showers and rain over the southern and south-western parts.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly and it will moderate to light south-easterly along the south-west coast from the evening

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Partly cloudy and windy in places, otherwise cloudy and cold with isolated showers and rain in places, but scattered along the coast west of Port Alfred.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly, reaching gale force in places.

The Eastern half: Fine with frost at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cold, but cloudy and very cold in places in the north.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly, becoming south-westerly from late morning.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at times, otherwise fine and cool but cold in places in the west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable becoming light to moderate easterly to south-easterly in the afternoon.

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.

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