FRIDAY WEATHER: Warnings for damaging wind, waves and disruptive snow as cut-off low exits

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 June 2026

This forecast is for: Fri 05 June 2026
The maps cover: Fri 05 Jun – Fri 05 Jun


Very cold conditions are expected over the southern Namakwa District in the Northern Cape as well as in places over the Eastern Cape interior on Friday as the cut-off low exits the country.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for damaging wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea as well as small vessels taking on water is expected between Plettenberg Bay and East London.

B. level 2 warning for disruptive snow leading to icy roads resulting in traffic disruptions is expected over the north-eastern high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape.

SEE ALSO: Snow incoming for South Africa and Lesotho from Wednesday.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and cool to cold, but warm over the Lowveld, with isolated morning showers over the central parts.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers in the morning over the south-central parts, becoming fine in the north from the afternoon.

NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy and cold.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in places, otherwise cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be windy in the extreme east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to very cold, but cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east. It will be fine in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine in the west where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and cold but cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior with isolated morning showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be Light south-easterly but moderate to fresh westerly along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold to very-cold with isolated showers of rain becoming partly cloudy over the interior by afternoon. The wind along the coast will be Fresh westerly to south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cold to very cold with scattered showers of rain with snowfalls expected over the high-lying areas. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the north-eastern parts where it will be warm. The wind along the coast will be Th wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly in the north, otherwise southerly to south-westerly spreading to the north from the morning.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/16°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/14°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/13°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers in the morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/23°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/17°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/15°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/14°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/12°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/13°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/16°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/18°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with isolated morning showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/15°C

GQEBERHA
Mostly cloudy with showers of rain.
Wind: Fresh westerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/16°C

EAST LONDON
Mostly cloudy with showers of rain.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/18°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/22°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers
and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/18°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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