SATURDAY WEATHER: A thunderstorm warning for four provinces in advance of widespread rainfall due to a cut-off low

By Staff Writer
Published: 20 February 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 21 February 2026
The maps cover: Sat 21 Feb – Sat 21 Feb


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On Saturday it should be partly cloudy and warm and hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

Morning fog is possible in places in Mpumalanga, the Free State, the Northern Cape, the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail that will result in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, north-eastern part of Eastern Cape, south-western part of the North West as well as the eastern and northern parts of the Free State.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog along the escarpment and eastern Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the western Highveld in Mpumalanga. It will be hot in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the South-Western Bushveld in Limpopo.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. it will becoming cloudy in the afternoon, except in the south-east.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the extreme east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west. It will be very hot in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior in the morning and evening, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot over the north-eastern interior where there will be isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. Morning fog patches are expected along the west coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly along the west coast, otherwise fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in extreme west. Light to moderate rain is expected along the coast and adjacent interior from late morning. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy in places along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Light to moderate rain expected along the coast where it will be cloudy. Morning fog patches in places. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/28°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches, otherwsie partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/28°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/32°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Morning fog patches becoming fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly to westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/32°C

GEORGE
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly to easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with light to 60% chance of rain.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/27°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with light to 60% chance of rain.
Wind: Light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 24/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/31°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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