Regional weather forecast, Friday, 14 October 2022

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Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

1.Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, severe lightning and heavy rainfall leading to flash-flooding, localised damages to informal houses, falling trees and localised injuries as well as damage to property are expected over the western parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

1.Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over Limpopo except the extreme south, the Lowveld of Mpumalanga, the western parts of North West, the western and central parts of the Free State, and the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

1.A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in the Lowveld of Mpumalanga as well as the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley of Limpopo, until Friday.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated thundershowers in the south.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the Lowveld with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers except in the extreme north-east, but scattered over the extreme south-eastern parts.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the south from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-east.

Free State:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the eastern and northern parts.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Morning fog along the coast and the south-western interior where it will be cool, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy in the north, spreading to the south in the evening.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Partly and warm but cloudy and cool along the south coast and adjacent interior with isolated showers and rain.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate west to south-westerly along the south coast, otherwise fresh to strong south to south-easterly, spreading along the south coast from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half –Cloudy and cool with light rain along the coast, spreading to Darlington Dam later in the day. Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the extreme north-east.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly becoming moderate easterly in the evening.

The Eastern half -Cloudy and cool with light rain along the coast, spreading towards the escarpment later in the day. Isolated thunderstorms are expected over the interior.

The Eastern half -The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the north. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the west, otherwise isolated, except in the north-east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly north of Durban in the morning, otherwise southerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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