TUESDAY WEATHER: Thunderstorm warnings up to LEVEL 4 and a disruptive rainfall warning for the Eastern Cape

By Staff Writer
Published: 23 February 2026 [updated 24 February]

This forecast is for: Tue 24 February 2026
The maps cover: Tue 24 Feb – Tue 24 Feb


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A cut-off low pressure system is expected over the western parts of the country and could result in heavy rain in some areas until Tuesday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

A. level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall over parts of the Eastern Cape, as per the map.

B. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of KwaZulu-Natal, as per the map.

C. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over parts of the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal as per the map.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-eastern parts.

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

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the extreme north-eastern parts.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the far eastern parts.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning mist along the west coast, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except over the western interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning mist along the west coast becoming partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers over the eastern interior and eastern parts of the south coast but scattered over the extreme east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly, but westerly along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm but hot in the extreme north-east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/31°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy in the morning becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/25°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers in the morning becoming partly cloudy from the late afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/24°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/27°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming light south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 23/28°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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