MONDAY WEATHER: Three warnings for severe thunderstorms up to LEVEL 4 affecting six provinces

By Staff Writer
Published: 1 November

This forecast is for: Mon 02 November 2026
The maps cover: Mon 02 Nov – Tue 03 Nov


From Tuesday it should be fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the in places in the east.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning, resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements over the extreme south-central parts of Limpopo, the Highveld and Escarpment of Mpumalanga (except in the extreme south-west), as well as over the western and north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, strong gusty winds, hail and lightning, resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements along the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal between Port Edward and Mtubatuba.

C. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding and damage to settlement/property, and temporary structures, as well as localised disruption to power supply and communications over the extreme north-eastern escarpment areas in the Eastern Cape, eastern parts of Free State, southern parts of Gauteng, as well as the extreme south-western parts of Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Hot in places in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

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MPUMALANGA
Cloudy in the north in the morning with fog patches on the Escarpment areas, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme north-east.

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LIMPOPO
Fine in the north at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the extreme south-central parts where it will become cloudy. No rainfal is expected in the extreme north-east.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east where it will be cloudy.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east, where it will be cloudy.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine in the extrne west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east. It will be hot in places in the central and eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy over the southern and eastern parts with isolated showers in the north-east and along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but fine in the west. It will be warm over the West Coast district. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but strong along the west and south-west coast.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in places in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm in places in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cold to cool but warm in places in the north. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise widespread. The wind along the coast will light to moderate south-westerly at first, otherwise southerly to south-easterly, but northerly to north-easterly north of Cape Vidal.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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