Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 15 January 2021

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

Severe Weather Alerts

IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:

1. A yellow (level 2) warning for rainfall resulting in flooding of informal settlements and roads is expected over western half of the North-West, the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape and north-western parts of the Free State.
2. A yellow (level 1) warning for severe thunderstorms with excessive lightning, heavy downpours and strong winds can be expected south of the Sneeuberg and Winterberg/Amatole mountains of the Eastern Cape.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

1. Nil.

ADVISORIES:

1. Nil.

Gauteng:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme south-west.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Cloudy in places in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot to very hot in the Lowveld. Isolated afternoon thundershowers can be expected on the western and southern Highveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Cloudy in the eastern and northern parts in the morning with light showers, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated over the north-eastern parts.

Free State:

Temperature: Cool along Lesotho border, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated over the extreme eastern parts. Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected in the south.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Morning fog along the coast where it will be cool, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers. Isolated thundershowers are also expected, except in the west.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly becoming moderate westerly in the afternoon.

Western Cape:

Temperature: Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the east. It will be cloudy along the west coast at first with isolated to scattered showers that spreads along the south coast and adjacent interior in the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, strong at times along the south coast but fresh along the southwest coast in the morning.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Temperature: Warm in places along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme west.

The Western Half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly, becoming fresh to strong by late morning.

The Eastern half – Temperature: Hot in the southwest, otherwise cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong northeasterly, becoming fresh to strong southwesterly to westerly from late afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the north. It will become cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers in the south, otherwise isolated except in the north-east.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to strong easterly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

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