WEATHER: Disruptive RAIN and flooding to hit South Africa Today

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Tuesday, 30 May 2023.

Severe weather alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

A. Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to hail and strong damaging winds are expected over the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as the western and southern parts of the Free State.

B. Yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected over the northern and central interior of the Eastern Cape, including the coast.

C. Yellow Level 2 warning for Damaging Waves leading to in difficulty in navigation at sea between Plettenberg Bay and Port Alfred.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

NIL

ADVISORIES:

NIL

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south and central by the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the southern Highveld in the afternoon.

Limpopo

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

North West

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the extreme east at first, otherwise cloudy to partly and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

Free State

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the east at first, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the east.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east.

Wind: – The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly becoming fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.

Western Cape

Temperature: Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and adjacent interior, as well as the eastern parts.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate westerly along the south coast, otherwise fresh northerly becoming moderate by the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the north-east.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly becoming light westerly from late afternoon.

The Eastern half: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme east.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly

KwaZulu-Natal

Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and south.

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

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

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

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