South Africa

Regional weather forecast, Saturday, 22 October 2022

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

Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

1. A Yellow level 4 Warning for thunderstorms with disruptive rain leading to flooding of roads, informal and formal settlements as well as disruptions to traffic flow and possible damages to roads and bridges is expected along the escarpment and Lowveld areas of Mpumalanga from the afternoon.

2. A Yellow level 2 Warning for thunderstorms with disruptive rain and gusty winds leading to localized flooding of susceptible formal and informal settlements and roads and difficult driving conditions is expected over the Highveld of Mpumalanga, the southern parts of Limpopo, the northern and eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the north-eastern parts of the Free State.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

1. Nil

ADVISORIES:

1.Nil

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature:Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers from late afternoon into the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

Limpopo:

Temperature:Cloudy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers in the south, otherwise isolated showers and thundershowers..

North-West Province:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east and along the Lesotho border.

Northern Cape:

Temperature:Cloudy in the north-west at first with mist, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy in the central and eastern parts with isolated thundershowers but scattered in the extreme south-east.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Fine in the west, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east from the afternoon. Mist is expected along the northern parts of the west coast at first.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly in the south in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-west. It will be partly cloudy in the west by late afternoon.

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

The Eastern half -Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread showers can be expected along the Wild Coast.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east where it will be warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly north of Durban,otherwise moderate south-easterly to easterly, spreading to the north in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Stay up to date by viewing our daily Regional weather forecast 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.

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