WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Thunderstorm warnings for seven provinces and damaging coastal winds in the west

By Staff Writer
Published: 23 December 2025 [updated 24 December]

This forecast is for: Wed 24 December 2025
The maps cover: Wed 24 Dec – Wed 24 Dec

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Partly cloudy and warm to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers possible from the afternoon on Wednesday. Morning fog can be expected along the west coast and parts of Mpumalanga.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of North West, Mpumalanga, the Free State and the whole of Gauteng.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of the Northern Cape, North West, the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

C. level 1 warning for damaging coastal winds resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and/or port for a short period of time and difficulty in navigation at sea between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Matzikama Local Municipality in the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over the highveld and escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

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

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west where it will be fine. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in the south. It will be hot to very hot in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly in the west, otherwise south to south-easterly, becoming strong along the south-west from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly from late morning.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain, but scattered in the far east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light northerly to north-westerly north of Richard's Bay at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly spreading to Kosi Bay by afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Wednesday:

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

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/30°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/35°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy morning otherwise fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong to near gale by the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/29°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with light rain from late morning.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly becoming fresh by the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/22°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/22°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate south-westerly becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/21°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

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