News24 | Thursday’s weather: Thundershowers in most parts, heatwave in Eastern Cape, KZN

Severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of Limpopo, with warnings of localised flooding, damaging winds, hail and lightning.

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Thundershowers are forecast for most parts of the country; these will be severe in Limpopo, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures will continue affecting parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding and danger to property and infrastructure due to heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning, are expected over the south-western parts of Limpopo.

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 over the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Friday.

A heatwave with high temperatures is expected in places over Chris Hani, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo district municipalities of the Eastern Cape until Saturday.

Hot to very hot conditions resulting in extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Friday.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the extreme north, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Pretoria: 20°C—31°C

Johannesburg: 19°C—29°C

Vereeniging: 17°C—29°C

Mpumalanga: Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the Highveld.

Mbombela: 18°C—31°C

Ermelo: 14°C—29°C

Emalahleni: 16°C—29°C

Standerton: 15°C—28°C

Skukuza: 17°C—37°C

Limpopo: Fine becoming partly cloudy and hot but very hot in places on the Lowveld, Limpopo Valley and the western Bushveld. Isolated thundershowers are expected over the south-western half in the afternoon.

Polokwane: 17°C—31°C

Phalaborwa: 17°C—35°C

Tzaneen: 15°C—32°C

Musina: 20°C—37°C

Lephalale: 20°C—37°C

Mokopane: 19°C—33°C

North West: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east.

Klerksdorp: 14°C—31°C

Potchefstroom: 13°C—31°C

Mahikeng: 15°C—31°C

Rustenburg: 17°C—33°C

Vryburg: 14°C—32°C

Free State: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the extreme eastern parts.

Bloemfontein: 12°C—30°C

Welkom: 14°C—30°C

Bethlehem: 13°C—28°C

Northern Cape: Fine to partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first becoming moderate southerly from the afternoon.

Upington: 17°C—33°C

Kimberley: 14°C—32°C

De Aar: 15°C—31°C

Alexander Bay: 11°C—23°C

Springbok: 12°C—30°C

Calvinia: 6°C—29°C

Sutherland: 4°C—25°C

Western Cape: Cloudy and cool in the west at first otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly becoming light easterly along the south coast from the afternoon.

Cape Town: 13°C—21°C

Vredendal: 11°C—29°C

Riversdale: 11°C—29°C

George: 12°C—24°C

Worcester: 7°C—28°C

Beaufort West: 12°C—31°C

Oudtshoorn: 10°C—33°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with fog patches at first, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool in places along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly at first, otherwise light and variable, becoming light north-easterly in the evening.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with fog in places south-west, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. It will be cool in places along the coast south of Kie-Mouth.

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

Gqeberha: 14°C—21°C

Makhanda: 13°C—26°C

Nxuba (Adelaide): 14°C—32°C

Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaff-Reinet): 15°C—33°C

KuGompo City (East London): 17°C—22°C

Port St Johns: 17°C—24°C

Mthatha: 14°C—34°C

Komani: 13°C—32°C

Qonce: 15°C—24°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot but extremely hot in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers except along the south and extreme north coasts and adjacent interior.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly but fresh in the extreme north in the afternoon, becoming southerly to south-westerly in the south by mid-morning, spreading to Richards Bay by the afternoon.

Durban: 22°C—30°C

Richards Bay: 22°C—39°C

Pietermaritzburg: 17°C—34°C

Ladysmith: 18°C—34°C

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