News24 | Tuesday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms hit Gauteng, KZN, Free State and North West

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms in several provinces.

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms in parts of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and North West.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in localised damage to infrastructure, informal settlements, property, vehicles, livelihood and livestock, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, and minor vehicle accidents are expected over the southern and eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, southern and central parts of Gauteng, eastern parts of Free State and along the Lesotho border, as well as the extreme eastern parts of North West.

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.

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.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Pretoria: 13°C – 24°C

Johannesburg: 10°C – 22°C

Vereeniging: 13°C – 23°C

Mpumalanga: Fine in the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme south. No rain is expected in the Lowveld.

Mbombela: 14°C – 26°C

Ermelo: 11°C – 23°C

Emalahleni: 12°C – 24°C

Standerton: 11°C – 23°C

Skukuza: 16°C – 31°C

Limpopo: Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west and southern parts.

Polokwane: 13°C – 28°C

Phalaborwa: 17°C – 30°C

Tzaneen: 15°C – 28°C

Musina: 16°C – 33°C

Lephalale: 17°C – 32°C

Mokopane: 16°C – 30°C

North West: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-west.

Klerksdorp: 11°C – 23°C

Potchefstroom: 12°C – 23°C

Mahikeng: 11°C – 24°C

Rustenburg: 13°C – 26°C

Vryburg: 9°C – 21°C

Free State: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated showers in the south-west.

Bloemfontein: 8°C – 19°C

Welkom: 11°C – 22°C

Bethlehem: 9°C – 18°C

Northern Cape: Cloudy with a chance of light morning rain in places in the west, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly.

Upington: 11°C – 21°C

Kimberley: 9°C – 21°C

De Aar: 9°C – 17°C

Alexander Bay: 14°C – 20°C

Springbok: 10°C – 17°C

Calvinia: 10°C – 15°C

Sutherland: 8°C – 13°C

Western Cape: Cloudy and cool with a chance of light evening rain in places in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but light and variable along the south coast.

Cape Town: 14°C – 17°C

Vredendal: 14°C – 19°C

Riversdale: 13°C – 22°C

George: 13°C – 22°C

Worcester: 14°C – 18°C

Beaufort West: 13°C – 21°C

Oudtshoorn: 12°C – 21°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in places in the south-east in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the afternoon, but light and variable in the evening.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cold in places in the north; otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered showers in the eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise light to moderate easterly.

Gqeberha: 16°C – 23°C

Makhanda: 15°C – 23°C

Nxuba (Adelaide): 11°C – 22°C

Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaff-Reinet): 9°C – 21°C

KuGompo City (East London): 18°C – 24°C

Port St Johns: 17°C – 24°C

Mthatha: 14°C – 24°C

Komani: 12°C – 21°C

Qonce: 16°C – 24°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly but light to moderate southerly to south-westerly in the extreme south, spreading to Mtunzini by the evening.

Durban: 20°C – 25°C

Richard’s Bay: 20°C – 29°C

Pietermaritzburg: 17°C – 26°C

Ladysmith: 15°C – 26°C

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