Regional weather forecast, Thursday, 12 January 2023

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Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds, resulting in localised disruptions of harbours and ports as well as difficulty in navigation is expected from the afternoon between Port Alfred and Port Edward in the Eastern Cape.

B. A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, with strong wind, heavy downpours and flooding resulting in localised damage to property and vehicles as well as localised disruptions to livelihoods is expected over the Blue Crane Route and Makana Local Municipalities, as well as Buffalo City Metro and Amathole District Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Northern Cape, Central Karoo of the Western Cape, parts of the North West, western parts of Mpumalanga, parts of the Western Bushveld of Limpopo, and the eastern and southeastern parts of the Free State.

ADVISORIES:

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over Sarah Baartman DM, Chris Hani DM, Amathole DM, OR Tambo DM and Mbizana LM in the Eastern Cape, and the Khai-Ma LM in the Northern Cape and the Central and Little Karoo in the Western Cape until Friday, as well as Thembelihle, Kai !Garib, Dawid Kruiper, !Kheis, Renosterberg, Emthanjeni and Umsobomvu LMs of the Northern Cape and Letsemeng, Kopanong LMs in the Free State today until Sunday.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the north.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east with morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm but hot in the Lowveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot.

North-West Province:

Temperature: fine and hot.

Free State:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in the central parts, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. It will be warm in the west.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy to fine over the western parts where it will be cool to warm, otherwise cloudy and warm but to very hot and extremely hot over the eastern interior.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate becoming fresh south of Saldanha Bay northerly to north-westerly, but easterly along the south coast where it will become south-westerly from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Cloudy and warm along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and very hot to extremely hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south-easterly at times in the morning, otherwise north-easterly, reaching strong in the afternoon. It will become strong westerly from the evening.

The Eastern half – Cloudy along the coast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the west.

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

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog patches, otherwise fine and hot.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be Gentle to moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming fresh south of Port Shepstone in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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