Isolated showers and thundershowers expected in parts of Gauteng

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned South Africans in several parts of the country to brace for a wet Saturday.

Most of the country’s provinces, including Gauteng, will either experience light rain or thundershowers, warned the weather service on Friday.

A yellow level 1 warning for damaging waves has been issued between Cape Columbine and Hamburg.

“Localised disruption to beachfront activities is possible. Coastal users and anglers on low lying rocks are at risk of being caught off-guard by high energy waves and swept off to sea,” warned the weather service.

Saturday’s weather forecast

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers towards the evening. The expected UVB sunburn index: extreme.

Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east at first with early morning fog along escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except over the Bushbuckridge.

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east at first with early morning fog along escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and southern parts.

North West: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Free State: Fine in the south-west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

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Northern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog in the south, otherwise partly cloudy becoming fine and cool to warm from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly.

Western Cape: Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with light rain in the south-west in the morning, spreading to the eastern parts of the south coast in the afternoon while becoming fine in the north.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the north-west at first, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn index: high.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy over the interior, becoming partly cloudy and cool. Along the coast it will be fine becoming cloudy and cool. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

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Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool to cold with a chance of rain south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southwesterly.

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon showers and rain in the extreme east, otherwise isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the south in the morning spreading northwards. The expected UVB sunburn index: high.

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