SUNDAY WEATHER: Warnings issued for damaging wind & waves, disruptive rain and snow up to LEVEL 6

By Staff Writer
Published: 8 August 2026

This forecast is for: Sun 09 August 2026
The maps cover: Sun 09 Aug – Mon 10 Aug


A cold front accompanied by a cut-off low is expected to affect the interior of KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape from Sunday persisting into Tuesday.

The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold and windy conditions, snowfall over mountainous areas and rough to very rough seas can be expected.

SEE ALSO: Snow indicated from Sunday in all provinces and heavy in places – Johannesburg now back on the radar.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 6 warning for disruptive snow leading to disruptions to livelihood, major traffic disruptions and some communities temporary inaccessible over Dr Beyers Naude Municipality, Chris Hani District, Senqu, Elundini and Matatiele Municipality persisting until Tuesday.

B. level 2 warning for disruptive snow leading to localised traffic disruptions, isolated loss of livestock and crops and localised disruptions to services in places over Koukamma, Kouga, Blue Crane, Raymond Mhlaba, Amahlathi, Intsika Yethu, Dr AB Xuma, Mhlontlo and Mzimvubu Municipalities persisting until Tuesday.

C. level 2 warning for disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements, roads and bridges in places over Koukamma Municipality of the Eastern Cape and the extreme southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

D. level 2 warning for damaging wind and waves resulting in difficulty in navigation, localised disruption of small harbours and/or ports for a short period of time, small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality between Port Edward and Durban.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the south-western parts of North West, the central parts of Free State as well as the extreme, north-eastern parts of Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Morning frost in places in the Highveld, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Fine and warm but cool in places.

NORTH-WEST
Fine, windy and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.

THE FREE STATE
Fine, windy and cool, becoming partly cloudy, with isolated showers in the south and central.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine in the extreme north, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, windy and cold to cool but very cold in places in the south, with isolated to scattered showers in the south and central. Snowfalls are expected over the southern high ground. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Windy over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cold to very cold with scattered to widespread showers and rain, but isolated in the extreme north-west. Snowfalls are expected over the northern and north-eastern parts from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south coast in the morning otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly reaching strong along the west coast from the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in places at first, otherwise cloudy and cold to very cold with widespread rain and showers, but scattered in the north, with snowfalls over the high lying areas. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly east of Algoa Bay at first, otherwise fresh to strong south-westerly, becoming southerly in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine in places at first otherwise cloudy and cool to cold but very cold in places with widespread rain and showers from the west, but scattered in the north with snowfalls over the high lying areas. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly in the north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming fresh to strong from the west.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine in the extreme north, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will become cloudy in the south from late afternoon with scattered showers and rain otherwise isolated. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly in the north, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly spreading northwards from late morning, reaching fresh to strong from the evening.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/23°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 4/21°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/22°C

MBOMBELA
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 9/26°C

POLOKWANE
Fine
Minimum/Maximum: 8/21°C

MAHIKENG
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/24°C

VRYBURG
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 5/25°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 2/23°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/23°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 7/17°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain in the morning.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly
becoming strong in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/14°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with widespread showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/12°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with widespread rain and showers.
Wind: Fresh to strong south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/14°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Cloudy with widespread rain and showers in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate westerly, becoming fresh to strong south-westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy from late afternoon with isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy with isolated late evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh from late evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, cloudy from the afternoon with scattered showers and rain in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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