Regional weather forecast, Saturday, 17 December 2022

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Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. A Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with possible damaging winds, heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridge, settlements, roads as well as damage to infrastructure expected over KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.

B. A Yellow Level 4 warning: severe thunderstorms resul- ting in flash-flooding and large amounts of small hail are expected over the central and north-eastern parts of Western Cape and extreme southern parts of Northern Cape.

C. An Orange Level 6 warning: Severe thunderstorms resul- ting in flash-flooding and large amounts of small hail are expected over the eastern parts of Western Cape and the coastal areas of the western half of Eastern Cape.

D. A Yellow level 1 warning: Waves resulting in localised damage to coastal infrastructure between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay from tomorrow afternoon until the evening.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

Extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected over the Bergrivier municipality of Western Cape.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the south-west, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Hot to very hot in the Lowveld, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread over the south-east.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

Free State:

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in places in the west.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except over the central parts but scattered over the extreme southern parts.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Cloudy along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but strong at times between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly TO south-easterly.

The Eastern half -Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southwesterly becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the coast.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly north of Richards Bay until midday, otherwise south-westerly

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.

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