TUESDAY WEATHER: Disruptive rainfall, damaging winds & waves, flooding – nine warnings issued

By Staff Writer
Published: 11 May 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 12 May 2026
The maps cover: Tue 12 May – Tue 12 May


The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern parts of Namakwa District of the Northern Cape, western interior of the Western Cape and in places in the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.

See our SNOW FORECAST for the disruptive snowfall.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service from Tuesday:

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, City of Cape Town, 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 southern West Coast and western parts of the Overberg Districts, as well as the Knysna and Plettenberg Bay municipalities 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 4 warning for damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea along the coast between Alexander Bay to Lambert's Bay and Plettenberg Bay to East London.

E. level 2 warning for 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, as well as along the south coast of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

F. level 2 warning for damaging waves leading to danger to navigation at sea along the coast between East London and Port Edward.

G. level 6 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 the central parts of the Western Cape, and along the Garden Route.

H. level 2 warning for damaging winds leading to localised damage of informal settlements, falling trees and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes over the southern parts of the country.

I. level 2 warning for storm surge leading to localised flooding of low lying coastal areas between Saldanha Bay and Algoa Bay.

Extremely high fire danger is expected in places in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Fine and cool to warm. It will be hot in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Fine and cool to warm, but hot in places.

NORTH WEST
Fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Fine in the north, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. Windy conditions are expected in the extreme south and east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog in the west, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain over the central and southern parts. It will be fine in the north-east, and very cold in the south. The wind along the coast will be strong to gale north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy, windy and cool to cold, with scattered to widespread showers and rain, but isolated in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly, but south-westerly along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in the north, otherwise cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered to widespread along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to north-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold, but warm along the coast. Isolated showers and rain are expected except in the east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and warm but cool in places in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/23°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/20°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/19°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/28°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/24°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/20°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/20°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy to cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 3/17°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/19°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/20°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy and windy with widespread rain and showers.
Wind: Strong to gale north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/17°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with scattered rain showers.
Wind: Strong westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/17°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with widespread showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong westerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/19°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/29°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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