WEATHER: Damaging winds and waves to hit South Africa TODAY

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 7 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 from Wednesday night into Thursday.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Beaufort West local municipality in the Western Cape, over the south-western parts of the North West, the western parts of Free State, the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as over the Enoch Mgijima, Senqu and Walter Sisulu local mucipalities in the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

A series of cold fronts are expected to make landfall over the south-western parts of the Western Cape from Wednesday late in the evening into Thursday, dropping the day time temperatures significantly from Thursday to Friday. Maximum temperatures may be below 10 c in places over the southern high-grounds of the Namakwa District (N. Cape) and over the northern parts of Cape Winelands Districts (W. Cape). general windy conditions will accompany the cold and wet weather.

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Conditions and UVB forecast

Gauteng

Temperature: Fine and cool.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Mpumalanga

Temperature: Cloudy with morning fog patches in the west and central parts, becoming fine from the afternoon. It will be cool to warm.

Limpopo

Temperature: Morning fog patches in the south and central parts, otherwise partly cloudy warm, but cloudy in the northwest

North West

Temperature: Morning fog in the east, otherwise fine and cool to warm with windy conditions over the south-western parts.

Free State

Temperature: Morning fog in the extreme east, otherwise fine and cool with windy conditions in places.

Northern Cape

Temperature: Fine and cool to warm but cold in the south-west, with windy conditions over the eastern parts, becoming cloudy along the coast in the evening.

Wind: – The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly at first, otherwise northerly to north-westerly.

Western Cape

Temperature: Fine in the extreme west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with rain and showers along the west coast from late morning spreading to the east. It will be windy over the south-western parts.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light and variable over the south coast at first, becoming moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly but northerly to north-easterly from late afternoon, otherwise fresh to strong northerly to north-westerly reaching gale at times over the south-western coastline.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.

Eastern Cape

The Western half: Fine and cool, but warm along the coast and adjacent interior.

The Western half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light northerly, becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

The Eastern half: Fine and cool, but cold on the northern high-ground.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light south-westerly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal

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

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-east.

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.

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