News24 | Monday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms to hit KZN; showers in 7 provinces

Scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected across the country, according to the South Africa Weather Service.

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms across KwaZulu-Natal, with heavy downpours, hail, and excessive lightning expected to bring localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning resulting in localised flooding, damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected across KwaZulu Natal.

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.

The weather in your province

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

Pretoria: 13°—25°

Johannesburg: 12°—23°

Vereeniging: 12°—22°

Mpumalanga: Chance of morning drizzle and fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated rain and showers, except in the Lowveld where it will be cloudy and warm.

Mbombela: 16°—26°

Ermelo: 9°—22°

Emalahleni: 10°—23°

Standerton: 12°—23°

Skukuza: 19°—30°

Limpopo: Cloudy with a chance of drizzle in the morning, and fog in the east, otherwise cloudy partly and warm.

Polokwane: 11°—25°

Phalaborwa: 18°—24°

Tzaneen: 16°—25°

Musina: 17°—28°

Lephalale: 18°—28°

Mokopane: 13°—25°

North West: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Klerksdorp: 13°—23°

Potchefstroom: 12°—22°

Mahikeng: 13°—24°

Rustenburg: 15°—24°

Vryburg: 13°—25°

Free State: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Bloemfontein: 12°—22°

Welkom: 13°—25°

Bethlehem: 8°—20°

Northern Cape: Cloudy in the south at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.

Upington: 17°—27°

Kimberley: 14°—22°

De Aar: 11°—23°

Alexander Bay: 15°—32°

Springbok: 18°—29°

Calvinia: 15°—28°

Sutherland: 5°—23°

Western Cape: Fine in the west, but cloudy along the south coast in the morning where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly becoming easterly to northerly along the south coast in the evening.

Cape Town: 16°—31°

Vredendal: 19°—36°

Riversdale: 12°—26°

George: 12°—21°

Worcester: 13°—28°

Beaufort West: 14°—27°

Oudtshoorn: 13°—29°

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool with morning fog in the south and isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly, becoming north-easterly from the evening.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly at night.

Gqeberha: 14°—20°

Makhanda: 13°—21°

Nxuba: 13°—24°

Robert Sobukwe Town: 13°—23°

Ku Gompo City: 16°—22°

Port St Johns: 17°—22°

Mthatha: 14°—22°

Komani: 12°—22°

Qonce: 14°—22°

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the south from mid-morning, spreading northwards to Cape St Lucia.

Durban: 18°—25°

Richards Bay: 18°—28°

Pietermaritzburg: 13°—24°

Ladysmith: 13°—25°

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