Heatwave continues on Sunday but a cold front arrives – snow on the cards next week

2 November 2024 [updated 3 November]
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A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, the Free State, and the northern and north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Monday but over the north-eastern interior of the Eastern Cape until Sunday, according to the SA Weather Service.

Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the central and south-eastern parts of South Africa as well as over the south-western parts where a cold front will make landfall on Sunday.

Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the southern and central parts of the country on Monday and Tuesday, and windy conditions are expected. We have also put out a separate snow forecast for Monday and Tuesday.

ALSO READ: Snowvember! Late-season disruptive snowfall warning for Monday and Tuesday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service (SAWS):

A yellow level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms as per the map below was added on Sunday.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Central Karoo of the Western Cape, east and central parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the Free State, in places over the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Eastern and Central parts of the Free State, Limpopo, in places over Mpumalanga as well as western and central parts of KwaZulu Natal.

Regional forecasts from SAWS for Sunday:

1. GAUTENG
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot but extremely hot in the extreme north, it will become partly cloudy in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme

2. MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-eastern parts. It will be extremely hot in the Lowveld.

3. LIMPOPO
Fine in the north otherwise partly cloudy and very hot to extremely hot.

4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE
Fine, windy and hot to very hot becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers in the west.

5. FREE STATE
Fine, windy and hot to very hot becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers, except in the north-east.

6. NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy in the west and southern parts in the morning where it will be cool to warm, otherwise fine windy and hot to very hot with isolated showers in the extreme north-east.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.

7. WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the south-western and southern parts in the morning with mist over the south-west and extreme south-eastern parts. It will be fine and cool to warm over the eastern interior.
The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly along the south-western parts in the morning otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly but strong at times from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated thundershowers in the extreme north-east. It will be cloudy and warm along the coast with isolated showers in the extreme west coast in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers but scattered in the east.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot but extremely hot in places in the north. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected except in the north-east but scattered in the south.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from the south by mid-morning
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from SAWS for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/36°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme

JOHANNESBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/35°C

VEREENIGING
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/36°C

MBOMBELA
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/36°C

POLOKWANE
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/38°C

MAHIKENG
Fine and windy becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/37°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/38°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine and windy becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/36°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/38°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/36°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy from the afternoon with light rain and showers expected from late afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate north-westerly becoming fresh southerly to south-westerly from the afternoon, but strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

GEORGE
Cloudy, but partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, but fresh to strong at times in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/20°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming light easterly to south-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/28°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine becoming partly cloudy in the evening
Wind: Moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/36°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers
Minimum/Maximum: 17/35°C

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