Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Thursday, 8 June 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Yellow Level 2 Warning for Wind and Waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas is expected on Wednesday and Thursday.

B. Yellow Level 1 Warning for Disruptive Rain resulting in localized flooding is expected over the Stellenbosch, Drakenstein and Witzenberg Municipalities of the Western Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Fezile Dabi District, and Nkeoana Municipality of the Free State, as well as Maquassi Hill, Tswaing, Matlosana and Tlokwe Municipalities of the North-West Province.

ADVISORIES:

A series of cold fronts are expected to make landfall over the south-western parts of the Western Cape on Wednesday late evening into Thursday, dropping the day time temperatures significantly from Thursday into Friday. Maximum temperatures may be below 10C in places over the southern high-lying areas of the Namakwa of the Northern Cape and over the northern parts of Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape. Generally windy conditions will accompany the cold and wet weather.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Morning fog patches in places, otherwise fine and cool.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm, but hot in places in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Temperature: Fine and warm.

North West

Temperature: Fine, windy and cool to warm.

Free State

Temperature: Partly cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine, windy and cold to cool.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated rain and showers in the west otherwise fine, windy and cool to warm.

Wind: – The wind along the coast will be strong north-westerly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered to widespread in the extreme west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be strong north-westerly in the west, otherwise light to moderate becoming fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly in the south from the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain in places. It will be windy in places over the interior.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly but fresh to the east of St Francis late morning. It will become fresh to strong westerly west of Algoa Bay in the evening.

The Eastern half: Windy in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh westerly late morning.

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Fine and warm, but cool in places in the south-west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

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

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