SUNDAY WEATHER: Disruptive rainfall / snowfall, damaging winds & waves with flooding possible – many warnings issued

By Staff Writer
Published: 9 May 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 10 May 2026
The maps cover: Sun 10 May – Sun 10 May


Two cold fronts are expected to affect the Western Cape from this weekend, with the first expected to make landfall on Sunday while a second and more powerful frontal system will impact the province on Monday according to the SA Weather Service.

These fronts are expected to result in disruptive rainfall and flooding impacts over the western parts of the Western Cape from Sunday until Tuesday, with three-day rainfall accumulations of 70-140mm likely.

A level 8 warning is in place along the escarpment where severe impacts are possible, particularly municipalities such as Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, City of Cape Town, the western parts of the Theewaterskloof, Breede Valley and Witzenberg local municipalities where 100-200mm is possible and 200-300mm may be possible in mountainous regions.

Damaging wave conditions expected along the coastal areas of the Western Cape province from Sunday until Tuesday. Wave heights of 4-6m are expected reaching 6.5-7.5m along the coast of the Western Cape, especially on Monday.

Showers and thundershowers are also likely to result in large amounts of small hail in places on Sunday.

The impact warning map for Sunday will be posted shortly...

See our SNOW FORECAST for the disruptive snowfall from Sunday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service from Sunday:

A. level 8 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, bridges and formal and informal settlements, mudslides and danger to life due to fast flowing rivers over the mountainous regions of the Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, the western parts of the Theewaterskloof, Breede Valley and Witzenberg local municipalities of the Western Cape.

B. level 6 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements over the West Coast, Cape Winelands, City of Cape Town, and western parts of the Overberg Districts of the Western Cape.

C. level 6 warning for damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea and damage to coastal infrastructure along the coast between Lambert's Bay and Plettenberg Bay.

D. level 5 warning for damaging interior winds leading to damage of formal and informal settlements, power interruptions and closure of some routes due to falling trees over parts of the Cape Winelands and western parts of the Central Karo o Districts of Western Cape.

E. level 4 warning for damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea along the coast between Alexander Bay to Lambert's Bay.

F. level 2 warning for damaging winds leading to localised damage of informal settlements, falling trees and localised problems for highsided vehicles on prone routes over parts of the West Coast, City of Cape Town, Overberg and Central Karoo Districts as well as the Kannaland Municipality of the Western Cape, including the southern Namakwa District of the Northern Cape.

G. level 2 warning for disruptive snowfall leading to loss of vulnerable livestock, disruption of traffic due to icy roads and possible closure of mountain passes over the Karoo Hoogland municipality of the Northern Cape and in places over the Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape.

H. level 2 warning disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements over the northern parts of the West Coast, eastern parts of the Cape Winelands and Overberg Districts of the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

To be updated in the afternoon...

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

To be updated in the afternoon...

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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