TUESDAY WEATHER: Damaging winds along the south coast and high fire danger over the western interior

By Staff Writer
Published: 5 January 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 06 January 2026
The maps cover: Tue 06 Jan – Tue 06 Jan


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Strong 40-70 km/h north-westerly to westerly winds, gusting 60-75 km/h are expected between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday, swinging to the westerly to south-westerly direction from the afternoon and continuing along the south coast on Wednesday morning. These winds are associated with 3-4m waves.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

A. level 1 warning for damaging winds resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Khai-Ma and over Kai Garib local municipalities of Northern Cape, the Central and Little Karoo local municipalities of Western Cape, Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, and Raymond Mhlaba local municipalities of Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

GAUTENG
Hot in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers and showers.

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, becoming cloudy in the evening. It will be hot in places in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, becoming cloudy in the evening. It will be hot in places in the Lowveld.

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

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the extreme east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot. A chance of Light rain is expected over the south-western parts in the morning. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly to westerly but strong along the south coast from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and hot to very hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light southerly to south-easterly in the south by the afternoon

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Tuesday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/26°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/27°C

MBOMBELA
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
It will become cloudy in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
It will become cloudy in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/32°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/33°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

UPINGTON
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 20/36°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with rain in the morning.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/24°C

GEORGE
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

EAST LONDON
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/32°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/35°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/35°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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