News24 | Monday’s weather: Thunderstorm warning for Eastern Cape as heatwave grips KwaZulu-Natal

The Eastern Cape can expect a few thunderstorms.

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms in parts of the Eastern Cape, while KwaZulu-Natal’s heatwave is expected to last until Tuesday.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning: A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued for the Eastern Cape (except in the extreme north-east). The following impacts are expected:

• Localised damage to settlements and property
• Localised disruption to communication and power supply

In the SAWS colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation. The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, Level 5 is medium, and levels 4 and 8 are low.

Advisories

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places in the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Tuesday. Extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in places over the southern parts of the Eastern Cape.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm.

Pretoria: 15°C – 30°C

Johannesburg: 14°C – 30°C

Vereeniging: 15°C – 31°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east at first with early morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

Mbombela: 18°C – 28°C

Ermelo: 11°C – 27°C

Emalahleni: 17°C – 29°C

Standerton: 15°C – 29°C

Skukuza: 23°C – 30°C

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east at first with early morning fog patches in the extreme south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the Limpopo Valley and the Western Bushveld.

Polokwane: 17°C –30°C

Phalaborwa: 20°C – 28°C

Tzaneen: 18°C – 28°C

Musina: 21°C – 34°C

Lephalale: 22°C – 34°C

Mokopane: 15°C – 34°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm.

Mahikeng: 19°C – 30°C

Vryburg: 20°C – 32°C

Klerksdorp: 19°C – 29°C

Potchefstroom: 18°C – 31°C

Rustenburg: 19°C – 32°C

Free State: Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the south-western parts.

Bloemfontein: 18°C – 29°C

Welkom: 19°C – 30°C

Bethlehem: 15°C – 29°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the east and central parts. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate north-westerly from the afternoon.

Kimberley: 20°C – 31°C

Upington: 23°C – 34°C

De Aar: 20°C – 30°C

Alexander Bay: 14°C – 22°C

Springbok: 16°C – 24°C

Calvinia: 13°C – 28°C

Sutherland: 6°C – 25°C

Western Cape: Morning fog patches are expected along the coast, otherwise cloudy, windy and cool to warm but hot over the north-eastern parts, with isolated rain and showers from the afternoon except over the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south coast from the late afternoon.

Cape Town: 14°C – 19°C

George: 12°C – 21°C

Vredendal: 13°C – 23°C

Riversdale: 12°C – 26°C

Worcester: 13°C – 27°C

Beaufort West: 21°C – 35°C

Oudtshoorn: 15°C – 33°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly becoming moderate south-westerly from late morning.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated thunderstorms but scattered in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the afternoon.

KuGompo City: 19°C – 34°C

Gqeberha: 16°C – 28°C

Makhanda: 17°C – 33°C

Nxuba (Adelaide): 15°C – 33°C

Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaff-Reinet): 19°C – 33°C

Port St Johns: 19°C – 34°C

Mthatha: 18°C – 34°C

Komani: 17°C – 31°C

Qonce: 17°C – 33°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the northern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in places in the south and west. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.

Durban: 23°C – 30°C

Richards Bay: 20°C – 33°C

Pietermaritzburg: 19°C – 36°C

Ladysmith: 17°C – 34°C

This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.