Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 16 December 2019

Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here.

Warnings:

Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, western parts of the North-West as well as the central and western parts of the Free State.

Watches:

A gale force south-westerly wind of (65-88km/h) expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Richards Bay.

Severe thunderstorms expected over the extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as the Escarpment and Lowveld of Mpumalanga.

Special weather advisories

None.

Weather forecast and UV index for all provinces

Gauteng: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine from late afternoon

UVB sunburn index: High

Mpumalanga: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

North-West Province: Cloudy with early morning fog patches in the extreme east where it will be warm, otherwise fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Free State: Cloudy with early morning fog patches in the east and south-east where it will be warm, otherwise fine, windy and hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Northern Cape: Cloudy in the west with morning drizzle along the western escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, otherwise fine, windy and hot but very hot in the north-east. It will become cloudy in the southern interior and coastal areas from evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.

Western Cape: Cloudy in the west with morning drizzle and afternoon rain, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. It will be cloudy along the south coast in the morning with isolated showers in the morning and evening. It will be windy over the interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly reaching gale force along the south coast in the afternoon.

UVB index: Very High.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. It will become cloudy from the afternoon, with evening rain expected in the south. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly at first, otherwise fresh to strong south-westerly.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy over the interior in the afternoon. Evening rain is expected to the south-east of Fort Beaufort. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, but strong in places from mid-morning, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly by the evening.

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming strong to near gale force south of Richards Bay from the afternoon.

UVB index: Very High

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