THURSDAY WEATHER: Thunderstorm warnings for seven provinces with high fire danger in eight and strong wind

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 November 2026 [updated 5 November]

This forecast is for: Thu 05 November 2026
The maps cover: Thu 05 Nov – Thu 05 Nov


Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.

Surface winds of 40-50km/hr, gusting up to 70-80km/hr are expected, resulting in localised impacts over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape on Thursday.

From Friday it should be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible in the central and eastern parts of the country, as well as over the south-west.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in flooding and damage of settlements/property, and localised disruptions to power supply and communications due to wind and large amount of small hail over Gauteng, Mpumalanga Highveld, central-southern parts of Limpopo, eastern parts of both the Free State and North West as well as KwaZulu-Natal, except in the extreme north-east.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding and damage of settlements/property, and localised disruptions to power supply and communications due to wind and hail over southern Limpopo, escarpment of Mpumalanga, the central and western parts of both North West and Free State as well as the northern interior of Eastern Cape.

C. level 2 warning for damaging interior winds resulting in localised damage to settlements, transport routes and travel services affected by winds, localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes over eastern parts of Northern Cape as well as the northern interior of Eastern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Northern Cape, except along the coast and adjacent interior, most parts in east of Western Cape, the interior of Eastern Cape and in places south of the escarpment, western Free State, as well as in places in North West, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.

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MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over the central parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot to very hot in the east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, but isolated in the east.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west.

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NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and hot to very hot with isolated to scattered thundershowers.

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THE FREE STATE
Fog in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and hot with scattered afternoon thundershowers but isolated in the west where it will be very hot.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine, windy and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the east with isolated afternoon thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly to westerly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy warm to hot with a chance of light rain and showers from the afternoon in the extreme south-west. It will be cool along the south coast but very hot over parts of the Central Karoo where it will also be windy during the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly east of Cape Agulhas, otherwise moderate to fresh north-westerly to westerly reaching strong south of Cape Columbine from late morning.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and very hot to extremely hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers over the northern and eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly by late afternoon.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers in the west and south, otherwise isolated. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong from late morning.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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