Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 8 March 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. Nil.

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:

1. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, south-western parts of the North West, western parts of Free State, Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality and Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape.

ADVISORIES:

1. Nil.

Gauteng:

Temperature: Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

Mpumalanga:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east. It will be very hot over the Lowveld.

Limpopo:

Temperature: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld and north-east where it will be very hot.

North-West Province:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated thundershowers in the central and eastern parts.

Northern Cape:

Temperature: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the north-east by the afternoon.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly

Western Cape:

Temperature: Light rain in the south-east at first where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, freshening along the south coast in the afternoon.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.

Eastern Cape:

The Western half – Temperature: Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain in the south, but scattered along the coast where it will be cool.

The Western Half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly in the east early morning, otherwise fresh south-westerly, moderating at night.

The Eastern half – Temperature: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and warm but cloudy with isolated showers and rain south of the escarpment.

The Eastern half – Wind: The wind along the coast will be light westerly in the south early morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly, reaching strong in the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal:

Temperature: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine and warm, becoming cloudy in the south in the afternoon. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the evening.

Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming south-westerly in the south in the afternoon, spreading to Richards Bay in the evening.

The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Extreme.

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