SUNDAY WEATHER: Snow, widespread and disruptive rainfall as well as warnings for winds and waves

By Staff Writer
Published: 18 April 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 19 April 2026
The maps cover: Sun 19 Apr – Sun 19 Apr


By Sunday the cold, wet and windy conditions will have spread to the eastern and southern parts of the country, including the southern and eastern coastline of South Africa. Wave heights along the coastline forecast to reach between 4m and 5m from Sunday into Monday.

More snowfall is also possible later in the day on Sunday.

SEE ALSO: Snowfall still possible for the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Lesotho this weekend.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, as well as localised damage to infrastructure and settlements (informal) over the North West, Free State, Gauteng and the extreme north-east of Northern Cape as well as in places over Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

B. level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of susceptible formal/informal settlements or roads, low-lying areas and bridges over the City of Cape Town as well as Stellenbosch and Drakenstein municipalities of the Western Cape.

C. level 2 warning for damaging wind and waves leading to disruption of ports/small harbours activities for a short period of time and difficulty in navigation at sea between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay on Saturday, spreading to Alexander Bay on Monday morning, these conditions will continue until Thursday morning.

D. level 1 warning for damaging winds resulting in localised damaged to informal and formal settlements as well as power and communication interruptions in places over Dr Beyers Naude Inxuba Yethemba, Enoch Mgijima, Emalahleni Walter Sisulu and Senqu Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape as well as over the Kamiesberg, Hantam, Karoo Hoogland municipalities in Namakwa district of the Northern Cape and in places of the Cape Winelands district and Laingsburg and Beaufort West municipality of the Western Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality of North West, west of the Free State, and Dikgatlong, Phokwane, and Ubuntu Local Municipality of Northern Cape as well as Dr Beyers Naude, Inxuba Yethemba, Enoch Mgijima, Emalahleni and Walter Sisulu Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in the extreme south.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and rain, but isolated in the Lowveld where it will be hot in places.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the central parts. It will be isolated in the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-east where it will be cloudy. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool in the east and north-east, elsewhere mostly cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-west where heavy downpours may be expected. It will be windy over the central and north-eastern interior, mainly from late morning. The wind along the coast will be strong north-westerly but near gale to gale force westerly to north-westerly in the south-west, spreading to Plettenberg Bay in the evening.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be windy in the north. The wind along the coast will be Moderate north-easterly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon, but fresh to strong south -westerly by late evening.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be windy in the north. The wind along the coast will be Moderate north-easterly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon, but fresh to strong south-westerly by late evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the extreme northern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly becoming light and variable in the extreme south by the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/25°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy, windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy, windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy, windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy, windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/21°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers. Heavy downpours are likely from mid-morning into the afternoon.
Wind: Strong north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/16°C

GEORGE
Cloudy to partly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening.
Wind: Light northerly becoming strong north-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

GQEBERHA
Fine becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate north-easterly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon, but fresh to strong south-westerly by late evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/25°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate north-easterly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon, but fresh to strong south-westerly by late evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/23°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/32°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Evening and morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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