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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayThe South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms with disruptive rain, strong winds, and hail in most parts, while disruptive snowfall leading to icy, slippery roads is expected in parts of the Western and Northern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Orange Level 6 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by strong, damaging winds, and heavy downpours resulting in flooding of roads and settlements, as well as damage to infrastructure, are expected over the north-eastern and south-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
An Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rain leading to flooding of settlements/property and roads, and posing a danger to life, with some communities temporarily cut off, is expected in places along the coast between Tsitsikamma and Kei Mouth in the Eastern Cape, persisting into Thursday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by strong, damaging winds, hail, and heavy downpours, resulting in flooding of roads and settlements, as well as damage to infrastructure, are expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Disruptive rain, resulting in disruptions to essential services and localised flooding, can be expected over the Central Karoo and the eastern parts of the Garden Route in the Western Cape.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, as well as localised damage to damage to settlements over an open area are expected over the eastern and central parts of North West, the eastern and central parts of the Free State, the interior, and the eastern parts of the coast of the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, southern and central parts of Mpumalanga as well as the western bushveld area of Limpopo.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snowfall, leading to icy and slippery roads, is expected over the Karoo Hoogland Municipality of the Northern Cape and the Beaufort West Municipality of the Western Cape, persisting into Wednesday.
Wednesday-Thursday
Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rain, leading to widespread displacement of affected communities, can be expected over the eastern parts of the Garden Route in the Western Cape on Wednesday into Thursday.
Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rain, leading to flooding of roads and settlements, can be expected over the Central Karoo, Kannaland, and Hessequa municipalities of the Western Cape on Wednesday into Thursday.
Orange Level 6 warning: Damaging winds and waves, leading to damage to coastal infrastructure, can be expected between Cape Agulhas and Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape on Wednesday and Thursday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds leading to some structural damage are expected over the Central Karoo, Garden Route of the Western Cape and Karoo Hoogland of the Northern Cape on Wednesday.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds and waves resulting in disruption of small harbours and ports are expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas of the Western Cape on Wednesday and Thursday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rain leading to difficult driving conditions on dirt roads is expected over the central interior of the Western Cape and the western interior and along the coast of the Eastern Cape from Wednesday into Thursday.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snowfall leading to loss of livestock and traffic disruptions is expected over the high-lying areas of northern and central parts of the Eastern Cape on Wednesday and Thursday.
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, and Level 4 is low. Level 8 indicates a low likelihood of occuring but severe impact.
Advisories
An intense cut-off low-pressure system is expected to affect the western and central parts of the country from Tuesday to Thursday.
The general public and all small stock farmers are advised that the combination of snow, gale force winds, and heavy rain, flooding, very cold conditions and very rough seas is expected over the Eastern Cape, southern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as central and north-eastern parts of the Western Cape.
According to the weather service, a cut-off low is a slow-moving or stationary weather system that can cause prolonged severe weather in one area.
The weather in your province
Western Cape: Cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain spreading over the province during the afternoon, becoming more widespread.
Rainfall is expected to become widespread along the south-west coast. Light snowfall is possible over the Nuweveld Mountains in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly, but moderate westerly to south-westerly along the south coast.
Cape Town: 13°C — 17°C
Vredendal: 11°C — 19°C
Riversdale: 9°C — 18°C
George: 11°C — 17°C
Worcester: 10°C — 18°C
Beaufort West: 11°C — 15°C
Oudtshoorn: 10°C — 15°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east and central parts.
Light snowfall is expected over the southern high ground in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly, becoming light and variable in the evening.
Upington: 7°C — 14°C
Kimberley: 12°C — 17°C
De Aar: 8°C — 17°C
Alexander Bay:” 12°C — 19°C
Springbok: 6°C — 12°C
Calvinia: 5°C — 12°C
Sutherland: 3°C — 9°C
Weather forecast for tomorrow, 05 May 2026:
Partly cloudy in the north, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the south and south-eastern parts. Snowfall is expected over Northern Cape and Eastern Cape mountains. pic.twitter.com/lteMkx8G2U
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with widespread showers and thundershowers, cool in places along the coast. Severe thunderstorms are likely from the afternoon onwards with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail, and excessive lightning. Snowfall can be expected on the north-western escarpment in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming strong to gale force south-easterly in the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers. Severe thunderstorms are possible over the interior and eastern parts from the afternoon onwards.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly, becoming strong to gale force south-easterly in the afternoon.
Gqeberha: 13°C — 18°C
Makhanda: 14°C — 17°C
Cradock: 12°C — 15°C
Graaff-Reinet: 12°C — 15°C
Komani: 8°C — 15°C
Qonce: 12°C — 16°C
KuGompo (East London): 15°C — 19°C
Port St Johns: 16°C — 24°C
Mthatha: 11°C — 19°C
Free State: Cloudy and cool with scattered thundershowers likely, becoming more widespread during the day.
Bloemfontein: 11°C — 20°C
Welkom: 13°C — 20°C
Bethlehem: 7°C — 16°C
North West: Partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy with scattered thundershowers over the western parts.
Klerksdorp: 15°C — 20°C
Potchefstroom: 15°C — 20°C
Mahikeng: 16°C — 20°C
Rustenburg: 16°C — 23°C
Vryburg :15°C — 20°C
Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and western interior.
Pretoria: 11°C — 21°C
Johannesburg: 11°C — 18°C
Vereeniging: 8°C — 19°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers spreading from the west.
Mbombela: 18°C — 26°C
Ermelo: 10°C — 23°C
Emalahleni: 11°C — 23°C
Standerton: 8°C — 26°C
Skukuza: 22°C — 35°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers expected, mainly during the afternoon.
Polokwane: 15°C — 26°C
Phalaborwa: 18°C — 32°C
Tzaneen: 19°C — 30°C
Musina: 20°C — 33°C
Lephalale: 17°C — 31°C
Mokopane: 17°C — 28°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy at first, otherwise becoming cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers spreading from the south-west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly in the extreme north in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming easterly to south-easterly from the south in the afternoon.
Durban: 20°C — 24°C
Richards Bay: 21°C — 28°C
Pietermaritzburg: 13°C — 21°C
Ladysmith: 14°C — 21°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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