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Disruptive rain, damaging winds and waves that may pose a danger to life are forecast for parts of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
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Disruptive rain, damaging winds and waves that may pose a danger to life are forecast for parts of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warning
Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, bridges and formal and informal settlements, mudslides and danger to life due to fast-flowing rivers is expected over the mountainous regions of the Drakenstein, Stellenbosch, the western parts of Theewaterskloof, City of Cape Town, Breede Valley and Witzenberg local municipalities of the Western Cape.
Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements is expected over the southern West Coast and western parts of the Overberg districts, as well as the Knysna and Plettenberg Bay municipalities of the Western Cape.
Orange Level 6 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea and damage to coastal infrastructure are expected along the coast between Lambert’s Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea are expected along the coast between Alexander Bay to Lambert’s Bay and Plettenberg Bay to East London.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements, is expected over the northern parts of the West Coast, eastern parts of the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts of the Western Cape, as well as along the south coast of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves leading to danger to navigation at sea are expected along the coast between East London and Port Edward.
Orange Level 5 warning: Damaging interior winds leading to damage of formal and informal settlements, power interruptions and closure of some routes due to falling trees are expected over the central parts of the Western Cape, and along the Garden Route.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised damage of informal settlements, falling trees and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes are expected over the southern parts of the country.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Storm surge leading to localised flooding of low-lying coastal areas is expected between Saldanha Bay and Algoa 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 the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the southern parts of the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape, western interior of the Western Cape and in places in the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Fine and cool conditions expected across the province.
Pretoria: 6°C - 23°C
Johannesburg: 5°C - 20°C
Vereeniging: 4°C - 19°C
Mpumalanga: Fine and cool to warm conditions, with hot weather in places across the Lowveld region.
Mbombela: 13°C - 28°C
Ermelo: 2°C - 19°C
Emalahleni: 4°C - 22°C
Standerton: 2°C - 18°C
Skukuza: 16°C - 32°C
Limpopo: Fine and cool to warm weather expected, but hot in places.
Polokwane: 9°C - 24°C
Phalaborwa: 16°C - 32°C
Tzaneen: 13°C - 30°C
Musina: 17°C - 32°C
Lephalale: 10°C - 27°C
Mokopane: 7°C - 27°C
North West: Fine and cool conditions across the province.
Klerksdorp: 4°C - 20°C
Potchefstroom: 3°C - 20°C
Mahikeng: 3°C - 20°C
Rustenberg: 6°C - 22°C
Vryburg: 3°C - 20°C
Free State: Fine in the north, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. Windy conditions are expected in the extreme south and east.
Bloemfontein: 3°C - 17°C
Welkom: 2°C - 19°C
Bethlehem: 2°C - 15°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog in the west, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain over the central and southern parts.
It will be fine in the north-east, and very cold in the south. The wind along the coast will be strong to gale north-westerly.
Upington: 5°C - 20°C
Kimberley: 4°C - 19°C
De Aar: 6°C - 13°C
Alexander Bay: 14°C - 20°C
Springbok: 9°C - 14°C
Calvinia: 7°C - 12°C
Sutherland: 0°C - 10°C
Western Cape: Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy, windy and cool to cold, with scattered to widespread showers and rain, but isolated in the north-east.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-westerly, but south-westerly along the south coast.
Cape Town: 14°C - 17°C
Vredendal: 11°C - 17°C
Riversdale: 11°C - 17°C
George: 13°C - 17°C
Worcester: 12°C - 17°C
Beaufort West: 12°C - 17°C
Oudtshoorn: 10°C - 16°C
Eastern Cape: Morning fog in the north, otherwise cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain, but scattered to widespread along the coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to north-westerly in the west, and fresh to strong north-westerly in the east.
Gqeberha: 12°C - 19°C
Makhanda: 12°C - 21°C
Cradock: 8°C - 17°C
Graaff-Reinet: 9°C - 19°C
KuGompo (East London): 16°C - 26°C
Port St Johns: 18°C - 28°C
Mthatha: 10°C - 24°C
Komani: 8°C - 17°C
Qonce: 13°C - 24°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and warm but cool in places in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly.
Durban: 17°C - 30°C
Richards Bay: 15°C - 30°C
Pietermaritzburg: 8°C - 29°C
Ladysmith: 7°C - 27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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