Four weather warnings and snowfall from Thursday as the next cold front arrives

7 August 2024 [updated 8 August]
By Staff Writer

SHARE TO

You can listen to this daily weather forecast as a 5 minute podcast by pressing the > play button above.

A newer weather forecast can be found here.

Very cold, wet and windy conditions with day-time temperatures of 10°C and below can be expected in places over the interior of the Namakwa District Municipality of the Northern Cape and the western high-lying areas of the Western Cape on Friday, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Umzimvubu, Ntabankulu and Mbizana Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape until Friday.

We have also published a new snow forecast for this week.

ALSO READ: More snow for the Western Cape later this week.

Warnings from SAWS from Thursday:

A. yellow level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of roads and susceptible settlements is expected over the south-western parts of Western Cape.

B. yellow level 2 warning for damaging wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Lambert's Bay and Cape Agulhas.

C. yellow level 1 warning for damaging interior winds leading to longer travel times as well as localised problems for high-sided vehicles are expected over southern parts of the Namakwa District Municipality of Northern Cape and in places over the Western Cape, excluding the northern part of the West Coast District.

D. yellow level 2 warning for damaging winds leading to localised difficult driving conditions, rapid spreading of veld fire and localised damage to informal structures are expected over the southern and eastern parts of Northern Cape, western parts of North-West and southern parts of Free State.

yellow level 1 warning for damaging interior winds in the western interior of the Eastern Cape on Friday.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of the country.

Regional forecasts from SAWS for Thursday:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool to warm. The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

MPUMALANGA
Fine and warm.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm.

THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE
Fine, windy and warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine, windy and cool to warm.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the west with morning fog patches, otherwise fine, windy and cool to warm but hot in the north. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast and in the south, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the west where it will be cloudy. It will be fine in the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but strong to near gale along the south-west coast. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine, windy and warm but cool along the coast and adjacent interior where morning fog is expected. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog in places in the south-west, otherwise fine and warm, but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places in the north-east, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in places in the east. The wind along the coast will be north-westerly south of Richard's Bay in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong northerly to north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme

Travellers forecast from SAWS for Thursday:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/26°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/25°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/26°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/27°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/26°C

MAHIKENG
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/28°C

VRYBURG
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/28°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/25°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with rain in the evening.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly becoming strong to near gale from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/15°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

GEORGE
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/19°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with fog in the morning, otherwise party cloudy becoming fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/20°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/22°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/28°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/31°C

See the South African Weather Service maps below.

This forecast changes regularly and updates will be issued periodically.

Please be sure to send photos and videos to us via whatsapp and also tell us where and when they were taken.

See below for a link to our whatsapp channel but since the link does not work in the instagram app you will need to send us a whatsapp message and we'll send you a link.

Follow our channels

Standard users are welcome to use the standard sharing buttons on this page to share our content. It is NOT acceptable to download or screen grab for reposting.
Other media and channels need to send us a request in order to embed or use of our forecasts, maps, as well as images and video from our users that we post (before doing so).

SHARE TO