THURSDAY WEATHER: Thunderstorm warnings for the interior and the east as front sweeps by south of the country

By Staff Writer
Published: 11 February 2026

This forecast is for: Thu 12 February 2026
The maps cover: Thu 12 Feb – Thu 12 Feb


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From Thursday it should be partly cloudy and warm and hot to very hot in places, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the central and western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning, leading to localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, as well as localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, western parts of the North West, most parts of the Free State, northern parts of the Eastern Cape as well as Mpumalanga Highveld.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kai Garib, and Kheis, Dawid Kruiper Local Municipalities in the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north where it will be hot.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east. It will be very hot in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. It will be warm over the central parts.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers except in the western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine in the west, otherwise cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and rain in the east but scattered along the south coast where it will be cool. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly but fresh to strong along the west and south-west coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming easterly by evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly north of Durban at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly. It will become moderate easterly north of Richards Bay in the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Thursday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/31°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/30°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/32°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/32°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated evening showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/34°C

VRYBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy towards afternoon with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy towards afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/34°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: fresh to strong south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/21°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light westerly at first, otherwise light to moderate south-easterly becoming
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly, becoming light easterly by evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/26°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light and variable at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late morning with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/31°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late morning with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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