South Africa

Regional weather forecast, Tuesday, 17 January 2023

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:

NIL

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over northern and central parts of the Northern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over north-eastern parts of Eastern Cape until Wednesday but it will last until Thursday in KwaZulu-Natal.

Temperature and UVB forecast

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine and warm.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will be cloudy and hot in places in the Lowveld with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the south. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the north-east.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine and hot.

Free State:

Temperature: Fine and hot to very hot.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south.

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

Western Cape:

Temperature: Cloudy along the west coast with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but extremely hot over the eastern interior where isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the afternoon. It will be cloudy along the south coast with drizzle.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to northerly to north-westerly along the west coast north of Table Bay, otherwise fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.

The Western half -Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh easterly to southeasterly.

The Eastern half – Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon thunderstorms except in the extreme south-east.

The Eastern halfWind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northeasterly, becoming fresh to strong north of Coffee Bay.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine and hot, but very hot in the north.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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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