TUESDAY WEATHER: Warnings up to LEVEL 4 for severe thunderstorms, and widespread & disruptive rainfall in the east

By Staff Writer
Published: 26 October 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 27 October 2026
The maps cover: Tue 27 Oct – Wed 28 Oct


From Tuesday it should be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible over the central and eastern parts of South Africa.

Extremely hot temperatures are expected over the extreme south-central and Lowveld of Limpopo as well as in places over the Mpumalanga Lowveld.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning resulting in flooding of roads, settlements and low-lying areas, resulting in closure of some bridges and roads, injuries and danger to life, damage or loss of infrastructure, settlements (formal and informal), property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock are expected in the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected in western KwaZulu-Natal.

C. level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall resulting in localised flooding of settlements, roads and bridges is expected along the coast and adjacent interior east of Cape St Francis.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most parts of North-West, in most parts of northern Free State as well as in the Limpopo Valley.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the north with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east where it will be
cloudy.

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LIMPOPO
Fine in the north in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy with morning showers over the north-eastern parts, becoming fine, windy and hot.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy with morning showers over the eastern parts, becoming fine, windy and warm.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, but partly cloudy in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine and warm in the west, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated morning showers along the eastern part of the south coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate south to south-westerly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the north-west, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly in places west of Gqeberha, otherwise northeasterly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread south of the escarpment. It will become partly cloudy from the west in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming north-easterly in the south from the afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm but cold in the south-west with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light and variable but light to moderate easterly to north-easterly in the north, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly in the south from mid-morning, spreading to Kosi Bay.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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