MONDAY WEATHER: Warnings for severe thunderstorms in four provinces – up to LEVEL 6

By Staff Writer
Published: 6 September 2026

This forecast is for: Mon 07 September 2026
The maps cover: Mon 07 Sep – Tue 08 Sep


Weather conditions are expected to improve from Tuesday afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers still possible over the eastern parts of South Africa.

SEE ALSO: Snow on the radar for South Africa and Lesotho.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 6 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in flooding of settlements and roads, strong gusty wind and hail causing damages to structures, travel disruptions and municipal service outages incidents over the northern and eastern half of the Free State.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised damages to structures, falling trees and local fire incidents due to excessive lightning over southern parts of Gauteng, the Highveld of Mpumalanga, the southern and central parts of the North West, the northern vast parts of the Free State and in places in the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold with scattered showers and thundershowers.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south and central.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy, windy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the extreme south-east.

THE FREE STATE
Cloudy, windy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the north-western parts.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine in the west with morning fog along the coast otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east where it will be windy. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly becoming variable from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy over the interior at first otherwise fine to warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly becoming light and variable from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in a few placed over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with morning rain with chances of showers and rain over the escarpment in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and cold to cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly north of Durban, otherwise light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/16°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/14°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/14°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/16°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/18°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy and windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

VRYBURG
Cloudy and windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/21°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy and windy, with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/19°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy and windy, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/22°C

UPINGTON
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/27°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable becoming moderate southerly from afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/27°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy becoming fine.
Wind: Moderate easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh north easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/21°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate easterly to north easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/20°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/18°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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