Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and possible flooding
Watch out for wet roads, possible localised flooding, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms over large parts of the interior.
WARNINGS:
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1. Heavy rainfall leading to localized flooding is expected over the
central and eastern parts of North West, northern and north-eastern
parts of Free State, Gauteng, Highveld and southern Escarpment of
Mpumalanga, southern and south-western parts of Limpopo, as well as
western and central parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
WATCHES:
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2. Severe thunderstorms are expected over the western parts of
North-West and north-eastern parts of Northern Cape, as well as
western and southern parts of Free State.
SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
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1. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in
places over the western interior of the Northern Cape, West Coast
District, Cape Metropole and the Cape Winelands from Wednesday
into Friday.
2. Extremely hot conditions are expected in places over the western
interior of the Northern Cape, West Coast District and Cape
Winelands of the Western Cape on Wednesday, persisting into
Thursday and Friday.
WEATHER:
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria 18 24
Johannesburg 15 22
Mpumalanga: Cloudy at times and cool but warm in the east, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east otherwise scattered, but widespread over the southern Highveld.
Mbombela 19 24
Emalahleni 16 24
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Limpopo Valley with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the south-west where cloudy conditions are expected.
Polokwane 20 27
North West: Warm in the extreme north-east, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread over the central and eastern parts.
Rustenburg 18 23
Free State: Warm in the extreme west, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the north and north-east where it will be cold in places.
Bloemfontein: 20 24
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the east and north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme north-east.
The wind along the coast will be fresh south-westerly to southerly.
Kimberley: 22 28
Western Cape: Very hot in places over the western interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy and cool along the south-coast where it will be cloudy at first with fog patches. The wind along the coast will be strong south-easterly in the west and south-west but moderate in the south.
Cape Town: 19 29
Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool south of Darlington Dam, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. Light isolated shopwers are expected along the coast, west of Cape St Francis from late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
Port Elizabeth: 15 23
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south-easterly becoming north-easterly in the south.
Durban: 20 24