News24 | Thursday’s weather: Showers in some provinces, damaging winds in KZN, Eastern Cape

Wet conditions are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

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Wet conditions are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds resulting in localised disruption to beachfront activities, localised disruption of small harbours/ports, and difficulty in navigation of small boats/vessesls are expected along the coast between Port Alfred and Port Edward.

Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports, difficulty in navigation, and localised damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected along the coast and adjacent interior between Port Edward and Richards Bay.

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 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.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the north.

Pretoria: 11°C – 22°C

Johannesburg: 8°C – 21°C

Vereeniging: 6°C – 25°C

Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and rain in the east.

Mbombela: 13°C – 19°C

Ermelo: 9°C – 20°C

Emalahleni: 11°C – 20°C

Standerton: 8°C – 22°C

Skukuza: 17°C – 25°C

Limpopo: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

Polokwane: 12°C – 20°C

Phalaborwa: 15°C – 25°C

Tzaneen: 12°C – 22°C

Musina: 15°C – 25°C

Lephalale: 13°C – 28°C

Mokopane: 12°C – 26°C

North West: Partly cloudy, windy and warm.

Klerksdorp: 10°C – 26°C

Potchefstroom: 10°C – 25°C

Mahikeng: 12°C – 25°C

Rustenburg: 12°C – 25°C

Vryburg: 9°C – 27°C

Free State: Morning mist over the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming windy over the south-western parts in the afternoon.

Bloemfontein: 9°C – 25°C

Welkom: 10°C – 23°C

Bethlehem: 8°C – 22°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy and warm, but fine in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly.

Upington: 15°C – 32°C

Kimberley: 11°C – 28°C

De Aar: 11°C – 26°C

Alexander Bay: 12°C – 24°C

Springbok: 21°C – 31°C

Calvinia: 14°C – 32°C

Sutherland: 4°C – 26°C

Western Cape: Morning fog patches in places over the southern interior, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy and hot over the central and eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the west in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong easterly along the south, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south-west and western coast from the afternoon.

Cape Town: 15°C – 26°C

Vredendal: 13°C – 32°C

Riversdale: 12°C – 32°C

George: 12°C – 27°C

Worcester: 9°C – 30°C

Beaufort West: 12°C – 32°C

Oudtshoorn: 8°C – 33°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly, moderating in the afternoon.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the east, with light rain in places along the Wild Coast at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.

Gqeberha: 13°C – 26°C

Makhanda: 10°C – 30°C

Nxuba (Adelaide): 6°C – 30°C

Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaf-Reinet): 0°C – 31°C

Ku Gompo City (East London): 16°C – 24°C

Port St Johns: 13°C – 24°C

Mthatha: 11°C – 28°C

Komani: 8°C – 28°C

Qonce: 13°C – 30°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy with morning isolated showers and rain, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. Evening fog is expected over the Midlands.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong from the south in the afternoon.

Durban: 18°C – 23°C

Richard’s Bay: 16°C – 23°C

Pietermaritzburg: 10°C – 26°C

Ladysmith: 10°C – 26°C

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