SUNDAY WEATHER: Widespread showers in the east and multiple warnings including a LEVEL 5 for disruptive rainfall in KZN

By Staff Writer
Published: 7 November 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 08 November 2026
The maps cover: Sun 08 Nov – Sun 08 Nov


From Sunday it should be partly cloudy and warm to cool over the eastern regions with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms possible, but widespread in KwaZulu-Natal.

As a result of accumulated rainfall from a few days days and an accumulation of another 30-80mm in less than 48hrs in the central and southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the result may be significant impacts prompting the LEVEL 5 warning from the SA Weather Service below.

Some late season snow is indicated for the southern Drakensberg and the south-east of Lesotho.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall rain leading to flooding of roads and settlements (formal and informal), danger to life (fast flowing streams / deep water), damage to mud-based/make-shift houses/structures and damage to property, infrastructure, loss of livelihood, livestock and crops is expected in the central and southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, hail, damaging winds and excessive lightning resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure are expected over northern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga Highveld, and the south central parts of Limpopo.

C. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours leading to localised flooding and damage of settlements/property, and localised disruptions to power supply and communications due to wind, hail, and excessive lightning over the eastern parts of North West and the Free State, the Mpumalanga Lowveld, and escarpment, most parts of Limpopo, as well as Gauteng.

D. level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of settlements, roads and bridges is expected in places over south-eastern Eastern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Nama Khoi, Kamiesberg and Hantam municipalities of the Northern Cape, and Matzikama and Laingsburg municipalities of the Western Cape as well as in places in Limpopo.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but hot in the north.

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MPUMALANGA
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

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LIMPOPO
Cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

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NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be fine in the west.

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THE FREE STATE
Fine in the west, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, and cool to warm, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in east. It will be windy in places, and cold in places in the east.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine, windy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm but hot over Matzikama municipality. It will be partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers and rain in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly, but moderate along the south-west at times during the morning.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain, except in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain, but widespread south of the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly, becoming easterly.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with widespread showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong in the north in the afternoon but becoming light to moderate south-westerly south of Richards Bay from late afternoon.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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