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The eastern half of South Africa should expect rainy weather until at least Monday.
Weather alert: Thunderstorms expected until Sunday
In its latest regional forecast, the SA Weather Service (Saws) issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised damage to property and localised flooding due to heavy downpours, damaging winds and hail in places over KwaZulu Natal, Free State, north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape as well as the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central northern parts of the Northern Cape.
There are no advisories this time.
Gauteng:
Cool in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme south.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High.
Mpumalanga:
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east, but scattered in the south. It will be hot in the Lowveld.
Limpopo:
Cloudy in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west.
North West Province:
Cloudy to partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east, otherwise scattered.
Free State:
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Northern Cape:
Morning fog along the coast, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, but scattered in the north-east.
The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly in the morning, otherwise south-westerly.
Western Cape:
Cloudy with light rain along the south coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly but strong along the south-west coast becoming south-westerly north of Saldanha Bay from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High.
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong in places.
It will become fresh to strong southwesterly from late afternoon.
Eastern Cape (eastern half):
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong from mid-morning.
KwaZulu-Natal:
Partly cloudy and warm, but hot in places in the north. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly but strong in the north at times, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly from the south in the afternoon spreading to Richards Bay in the evening.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.
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