Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Sunday, 19 November 2023.
Severe weather alerts
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
A. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms producing strong damaging winds, hail and heavy downpours that may result in localized damage to informal houses, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the western parts of the North-West, north-western parts of Free State and western KwaZulu-Natal.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
Extreme high fire danger conditions are expected over central parts of the Northern Cape and Beaufort West municipality in the Western Cape.
ADVISORIES:
A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over most parts of the Eastern Cape, until Tuesday but persisting until at least Wednesday in the lowveld of Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province, except places over the central and southern parts, extreme northern parts of City Of Tshwane in Gauteng until at least Wednesday (22 NOVEMBER 2023).
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Conditions and UVB forecast
Gauteng
Temperature: Hot in the north, otherwise fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.
Mpumalanga
Temperature: Very hot in the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon but scattered on the central and eastern Highveld.
Limpopo
Temperature: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated thundershowers from the afternoon except in the Lowveld but scattered over the southern parts.
North West
Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Free State
Temperature: Partly cloudy, windy and hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Cool along the coast, otherwise fine, windy and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated thundershowers in the extreme east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south to south-easterly, becoming fresh from the afternoon.
Western Cape
Temperature: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with morning fog along the west and south-west coast.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly in the west and south-west.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Morning fog patches in the north-east, otherwise fine, windy and hot to very hot, but partly cloudy and warm along the coast.
The Western half – The wind along the coast will be Light and variable becoming moderate south-easterly to easterly.
The Eastern half: Morning fog patches south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with a chance of drizzle along the coast and adjacent interior. Isolated afternoon to evening thunderstorms are expected to the east of Queenstown.
The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be Moderate easterly to north-easterly, freshening in the afternoon. It will become moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south by evening.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.
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Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.
