FRIDAY WEATHER: Thunderstorms and rain for the south and west, and a warning related to fog in the north-east

By Staff Writer
Published: 25 June 2026

This forecast is for: Fri 26 June 2026
The maps cover: Fri 26 Jun – Sun 28 Jun


From Saturday it should be partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming scattered in the south-west on Sunday as another cold front makes landfall.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for reduced visibility due to dense fog, leading to difficulty in driving conditions, road traffic accidents as well as short-term travel disruptions over Mpumalanga except for the north east.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Cloudy with widespread fog in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but warm in places in Lowveld with isolated rain and showers.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy with morning fog in the eastern and central parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated rain and showers expected over the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches over the eastern parts and along the Lesotho Border, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy over the south-western parts.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy, windy and cool with isolated thundershowers over the western and central parts. The wind along the coast will be light variable.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog patches along the coastal areas, with isolated to scattered thundershowers in the east, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cool but warm along the west coast. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly along the west and south-west coast in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Warm in places, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly east of Oyster Bay in the morning, otherwise north-easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy in places south of the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in the morning, otherwise south-westerly, becoming north-easterly from late afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and rain in extreme the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly to northerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/21°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/19°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/18°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated rain and showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/20°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/21°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/19°C

VRYBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/20°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/21°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/24°C

CAPE TOWN
Morning fog patches, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate southerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with with early morning showers and thundershowers, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/21°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming light to moderate north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/24°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly in the morning, otherwise south-westerly, becoming north-easterly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
Wind: Light northerly to north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly by late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light northerly to north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly by late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/25°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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