Rain across most of South Africa on Wednesday and level 6 and 5 warnings

By Staff Writer
Published: 18 February 2025 [updated 19 February]

This forecast is for: Wed 19 February 2025
The maps cover: Wed 19 Feb – Fri 21 Feb

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Continual showers are expected on Wednesday and might persist into Thursday morning, according to the SA Weather Service.

There will be the likelihood of disruptive rain around the coastal region of the eastern half of the Eastern Cape as well as the southern coastline of KwaZulu-Natal.

Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected over the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday and over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. Significant rainfall amounts of up to 100mm are expected in places over the northern parts as well as along the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday which may lead to flooding as well as significant impacts. The flooding may extend up until Thursday morning in places.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. orange level 6 warning 🌧️ disruptive rain leading flooding of roads, bridges and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure and danger to life is expected over Gauteng, parts of North West and parts of Mpumalanga as per the map above.

B. orange level 5 warning 🌧️ disruptive rain leading flooding of roads, bridges and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure and danger to life is expected over Gauteng, in the north and along the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal, extreme south-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, eastern parts of Free Sate and North West as well as the south-western parts of Mpumalanga.

C. yellow level 2 warning 🌧️ disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible bridges, roads and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure is expected over KwaZulu-Natal, central and eastern parts of the Free State and North West, western Bushveld of Limpopo, central and south-western parts of Mpumalanga as well as the extreme eastern prats of the Eastern Cape.

D. yellow level 1 warning 💨 damaging winds resulting in difficulty in navigation, dragging anchor and small vessels taking on water is expected between Cape St Francis and Gansbaai.

E. yellow level 2 warning ⛈️ severe thunderstorms leading to damaging wind, excessive lightning and hail mainly across the Northern Cape as per the map above.

🔥 Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of the Western Cape as well as along the Garden Route and adjacent interior on Wednesday.

Regional forecasts from SAWS for Wednesday:

1. GAUTENG
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with widespread showers.
The UVB index: Moderate

2. MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north and north-east.

3. LIMPOPO
Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme north-east and widespread in the south-western Bushveld.

4. NORTH WEST
Cloudy and cool with widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

5. FREE STATE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the south-west.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the north coast at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot and windy, but cool along the coast, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior, but scattered in the south. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the south coast where it will be windy, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in the west with isolated thundershowers in the north and north-western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south coast, otherwise southerly to south-easterly.

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold, but cool along the coast with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming easterly by evening.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cool but cold in the south-west with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from SAWS for Wednesday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with widespread showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/21°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with widespread showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/23°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/21°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/21°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

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

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy, becoming fine late afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/34°C

GEORGE
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy late afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/23°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with light rain.
Wind: Moderate easterly, becoming fresh north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/22°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/21°C

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