FRIDAY WEATHER: A thunderstorm warning with strong wind and hail in the west

By Staff Writer
Published: 9 April 2026 [updated 10 April]

This forecast is for: Fri 10 April 2026
The maps cover: Fri 10 Apr – Fri 10 Apr


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From Friday it should be partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Hot and humid weather can be expected along the coast and adjacent interior between Plettenberg Bay and East London in the Eastern Cape, as well as over the Richtersveld in the Northern Cape.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over the Nama Khoi, Khai-Ma and Hantam municipalities in the Northern Cape, resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas, and bridges. Additionally, large amounts of small hail and strong winds may occur.

B. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of KwaZulu-Natal, as per the update map above.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Morning with fog on the highveld with a chance of drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog patches in places in the east and central parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the south and along Lesotho border.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the western interior, except in the extreme north-eastern. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the west, otherwise moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming southerly to south-westerly from the late afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming cloudy with isolated afternoon showers in the north. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm, becoming cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the northern and extreme eastern. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly in the extreme south early morning, otherwise moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/29°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy in the morning with fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/28°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/26°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/32°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly becoming south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/29°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light northerly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/30°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/33°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/29°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/31°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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