Heavy rain expected in Gauteng and North West
The South African Weather Service issued a warning of heavy rain that could lead to localised flooding in parts of Gauteng, the North West, parts of the Free State, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are also expected in the Cape Metropole, Cape Winelands, and West Coast District of the Western Cape while gale force winds of up to 70km/h are expected between Lambert's Bay and Cape Point at first.
"We have an upper air trough that is situated over the western parts of the country and that is causing some significant rainfall with up to 80% chance of showers and thundershowers," Forecaster, Wayne Venter says.
He adds that there is another watch for heavy rain in Gauteng tomorrow, as the tropical air moisture moves from Botswana to South Africa.
"We have another watch out for tomorrow with more than a 100 millimeters of rain that will fall in places," Venter says.
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Venter says it is a slow moving system of tropical moisture from the northern parts.
Here is your forecast for today:
Gauteng: Cloudy at times and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north.
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and warm but cool over the high grounds, with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread on the western Highveld.
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in places in the south. It will be hot in the Western Bushveld.
North West: Cloudy at times and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east