WEDNESDAY WEATHER: Morning fog and a high fire danger in the Karoo

By Staff Writer
Published: 8 September 2026 [updated 9 September]

This forecast is for: Wed 09 September 2026
The maps cover: Wed 09 Sep – Wed 09 Sep


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Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Laingsburg Local Municipality in the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Morning fog patches in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches along the escarpment and in places over the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with drizzle along the escarpment.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog and drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

NORTH-WEST
Cloudy in the north at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but fine in the west where it will be hot in places. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy over the south-west and south coast from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but moderate southerly to south-westerly along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cool in the extreme north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly, becoming south-westerly from the west, but north-easterly east of Algoa Bay.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cool in the extreme north-west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/24°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/23°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy in the morning with drizzle and fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/21°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/23°C

MAHIKENG
Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/23°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/24°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/23°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/25°C

UPINGTON
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

GEORGE
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: light and variable in the morning, otherwise moderate south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly, becoming light and variable
in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/31°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Light north-easterly, becoming easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29°C

DURBAN
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/26°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/28°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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