Rain in the forecast and a severe wind warning for the interior on Friday

By Staff Writer
Published: 4 September 2025 [updated 5 September]

This forecast is for: Fri 05 September 2025
The maps cover: Fri 05 Sep – Sun 07 Sep

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Partly cloudy conditions are expected over the southern and eastern parts of the country from Friday, with isolated showers and thundershowers. Otherwise, fine and warm to hot, but cool in places in the south.

Fine over the western interior from Saturday, otherwise partly cloudy warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and rain in the east where it will be cool along the escarpment. Light rain and showers are expected along the coast on Sunday.

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Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

A. level 1 warning for damaging interior winds in parts of the Northern Cape, North West and Free State as per the map above.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected across the eastern and western parts of the Northern Cape, southern and eastern parts of North West, in places across Free State, southern areas of Gauteng and Limpopo, Highveld of Mpumalanga as well as northern and western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms in parts of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal as per the map below.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm, but it will be hot in places in the south. It will become partly cloudy in south in the afternoon.

NORTH-WEST
Fine, windy and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy.

THE FREE STATE
Fine, windy and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine, windy and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the south with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly from the evening.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool with light rain over the south-eastern coast from the late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly along the south in the morning, otherwise moderate south-westerly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool with isolated light showers and rain in places along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate south easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming light to moderate south-easterly in the afternoon, but south-westerly from the south in the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh to strong in places, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the south in the afternoon spreading northwards in the evening.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Friday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/30°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/28°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/32°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/31°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy
Minimum/Maximum: 11/31°C

VRYBURG
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/29°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/31°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/33°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High

GEORGE
Partly cloudy with light rain by the late afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate west to south-westerly, becoming north-easterly by the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/18°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy with isolated light showers and rain at times by late afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/20°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy with isolated light showers by late afternoon.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming light to moderate south-easterly in the afternoon, but south-westerly from the south in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/22°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated evening showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/34°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/30°C

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