Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 24 May 2023.
Severe weather alerts
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
NIL
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Dawid Kruiper, Kai !Garib and !Kheis Local Municipalities of the Northern Cape.
ADVISORIES:
A well-defined cold front with a potent upper air support is expected to make landfall on Thursday (25/05/2023), dropping the day time temperatures significantly on Thursday into Friday over the Western Cape extending to the Eastern Cape. Maximum temperatures may be below 10C in places over the southern high-lying areas of the Namakwa region of the Northern Cape and over the interior of the Western Cape. General wet and windy conditions will accompany the cold front. There is a low likelihood that heavy (30-40mm) rain is possible over the mountainous areas of the Cape Metropole and southern parts of the Cape Winelands
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Conditions and UVB forecast
Gauteng
Temperature: Morning fog patches in the south, otherwise fine and cool.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.
Mpumalanga
Temperature: Partly cloudy with morning fog patches over the Highveld, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld.
Limpopo
Temperature: Partly cloudy with morning fog patches over the Limpopo Valley and the central parts, otherwise fine and cool to warm.
North West
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
Free State
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the coast, becoming partly cloudy, otherwise fine, windy and cool to warm.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly.
Western Cape
Temperature: Morning fog patches along the west-coast and south-coast, except over the extreme eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy, becoming fine, windy and cool, except over the extreme south-western parts, where it will be cold in places becoming cloudy during the evening with isolated to scattered rain. It will be warm over the Karoo regions.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly, but fresh to strong along the south-west coast, while light and variable along the south-coast in the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate.
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Cool in places in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine in the afternoon.
The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, but north-westerly early morning and again from the evening.
The Eastern half: Fine in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, but north-easterly in the afternoon.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Fine and cool but warm in the north-east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.
