Wet weather in the eastern half of South Africa starting from Sunday

14 September 2024 [updated 15 September]
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It will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the eastern areas on Saturday and Sunday.

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Limpopo and Mpumalanga on Sunday, according to the SA Weather Service.

Very hot and humid weather resulting in extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in the Lowveld, Limpopo Valley and Western Bushveld of Limpopo on Saturday and Sunday.

Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the central and eastern areas of the country from Monday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service (SAWS):

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern parts of the Free State, most parts of North West and Limpopo, extreme western parts of Mpumalanga as well as the extreme southern parts of Gauteng.

Regional forecasts from SAWS for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy at times otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in the north.

Pretoria
Partly cloudy at times otherwise fine
Minimum/Maximum: 18/33°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme

Johannesburg
Partly cloudy at times otherwise fine
Minimum/Maximum: 13/32°C

Vereeniging
Partly cloudy at times otherwise fine
Minimum/Maximum: 16/33°C

MPUMALANGA
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming fine in the lowveld in the afternoon.

Mbombela
Fine becoming partly cloudy by the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

LIMPOPO
Partly cloudy in the lowveld in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot.

Polokwane
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/35°C

THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE
Windy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot.

Mahikeng
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/33°C

Vryburg
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/32°C

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy, windy and warm with morning isolated showers and thundershowers along Lesotho borders. It will become fine from the west by the afternoon.

Bloemfontein
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the north-east at first and along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.

Kimberley
Partly cloudy at first, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/28°C

Upington
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/25°C

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog patches in places in the central and north-eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain in the extreme south-western parts in the evening. It will become fine in places in the eastern parts from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming fresh to strong north-westerly in the south-west coast by the afternoon.

Cape Town
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate westerly to north-westerly, it will become southerly to south-westerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate

George
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/18°C

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with with isolated showers and rain in the east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Gqeberha
Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/20°C

East London
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Light north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly towards midday.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21°C

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with light rain and fog in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers but scattered in the east from afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly south of Kei River by late afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thunder-showers but scattered in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly in the north at first, otherwise fresh to strong north-easterly spreading northwards in the afternoon.

Durban
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate easterly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/21°C
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High

Richards Bay
Cloudy with isolated late afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Light southerly to south-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/24°C

Pietermaritzburg
Morning fog pathces, otherwise cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

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