SUNDAY WEATHER: Widespread rainfall in the east with severe thunderstorm warnings for six provinces

By Staff Writer
Published: 14 November 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 15 November 2026
The maps cover: Sun 15 Nov – Mon 16 Nov


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 5 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of roads, settlements and low-lying areas, disruptions to power supply and communications are expected over far eastern parts of Free State, western parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Highveld of Mpumalanga.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding and damage of settlements/property, and localised disruptions to power supply and communications over the eastern parts North West, eastern and central parts of the Free State, southern parts of Limpopo, the north eastern parts of Mpumalanga, Gauteng as well as the southern parts and coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

C. level 1 warning for damaging winds leading to localised damage to temporary structures and difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of Free State, western parts of North-West, Northern Cape and over the Khai-Ma Local Municipality of the Northern Cape as well as the City of Cape Town District and Swartland Local Municipality of the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

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MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the northeast.

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LIMPOPO
Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north.

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NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

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THE FREE STATE
Cloudy, windy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west, otherwise fine and warm but hot in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but strong from the afternoon.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine in the extreme west, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of light rain along the south coast from the afternoon. It will be windy in the south-west coast and City of Cape Town. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly north of Cape Columbine to south-westerly from the afternoon, but fresh easterly to south-easterly east of Cape Agulhas, otherwise strong to near-gale force south-easterly to southerly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered along the coast where it will be cloudy and cool. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly, but north-easterly east of Algoa Bay, becoming south-easterly west of Cannon Rocks in the afternoon.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog and drizzle in places south of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong in the afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coat will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly reaching strong in the south by the afternoon.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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