WEATHER: Gale force winds in Cape Town

WEATHER: Gale force winds in Cape Town

The SA Weather Service has warned of extremely high fire danger conditions that are expected in places over North-West and Free State Provinces. 

Friday weather

Gale force winds of 65km/h is expected in places along the south-east coast between Cape St. Francis and Cannon Rocks.


Strong winds are expected in the central and south-eastern interior of the country on Monday.


Gauteng: Fine at first, otherwise party cloudy and warm.


Pretoria: 13 / 30

Johannesburg: 11 / 28


Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool with morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in the Lowveld.


Mbombela: 16 / 27

Emalahleni: 08 / 26


Limpopo: Partly cloudy with morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm, but hot in the Limpopo Valley. 


Polokwane: 08 / 27


North West: Fine windy and warm.


Rustenburg: 10 / 29


Free State: Cloudy at times, otherwise partly cloudy windy and cool with isolated showers or thundershowers in the south, but warm in the north-west.


Bloemfontein: 07 / 20


Northern Cape: Cloudy with morning drizzle in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but fine in the north-east. It will become fine in the south by evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate westerly to north-westerly.


Kimberley: 08 / 19


Western Cape: Morning drizzle patches in the north-west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but cloudy in the west with scattered showers in the south-west spreading along the south-coast and adjacent interior in the morning and clearing in the west by evening.


Cape Town: 13 / 18


Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly. 


Port Elizabeth: 14 / 19


KwaZulu-Natal: Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.


Durban:  18 / 30

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