TUESDAY WEATHER: Warnings continue for severe thunderstorms up to LEVEL 4 in the east

By Staff Writer
Published: 2 November 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 03 November 2026
The maps cover: Tue 03 Nov – Tue 03 Nov


Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in places in the east. It will be very hot in places.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure over northern KwaZulu-Natal, extreme eastern parts of Free State and the Mpumalanga Highveld.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements over the southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Free State, Gauteng, the central-southern parts of Limpopo as well as the escarpment of Mpumalanga.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places in the western parts of North West, in places in the extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape as well as the Limpopo Valley and the Western Bushveld.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north where it will be hot in places.

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MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment and over the eastern Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated along the escarpment and Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to showers and thundershowers, except over the Limpopo Valley and Lowveld. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the extreme south-eastern parts.

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NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south-east.

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THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered to in the east.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the east, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly but easterly along the south coast.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with morning fog and drizzle in the south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate south-easterly from the west midday.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with fog in the morning, and scattered showers and rain along the coast and south-eastern interior, but isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light easterly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Partly cloudy in the extreme north, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly south of Mtubatuba until mid-morning, otherwise light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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