News24 | Friday’s weather: Thundershowers in 5 provinces; fine, hot in most parts

Thundershowers are forecast in most parts of the country.

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Thundershowers are forecast in parts of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, but fine and hot conditions will dominate the country, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Fine and cool to warm.

Pretoria: 12—26°C

Johannesburg: 10—25°C

Vereeniging: 10—24°C

Mpumalanga: Fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld. It will become partly cloudy along the escarpment in the afternoon.

Mbombela: 14—28°C

Ermelo: 9—26°C

Emalahleni: 11—26°C

Standerton: 9—26°C

Skukuza: 15—32°C

Limpopo: Fine and warm to hot.

Polokwane: 12—28°C

Phalaborwa: 14—31°C

Tzaneen: 14—32°C

Musina: 17—31°C

Lephalale: 14—29°C

Mokopane: 13—29°C

North West: Fine and warm.

Klerksdorp: 12—27°C

Potchefstroom: 10—25°C

Mahikeng: 11—26°C

Rustenburg: 12—27°C

Vryburg: 11—25°C

Free State: Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.

Bloemfontein: 9—25°C

Welkom: 11—25°C

Bethlehem: 6—25°C

Northern Cape: Fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the south with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly.

Upington: 18—31°C

Kimberley: 13—27°C

De Aar: 14—27°C

Alexander Bay: 12—25°C

Springbok: 20—32°C

Calvinia: 14—32°C

Sutherland: 10—27°C

Western Cape: Cloudy with light rain along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern interior from the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly but light to moderate along the south coast at first.

Cape Town: 14—24°C

Vredendal: 13—32°C

Riversdale: 14—18°C

George: 14—17°C

Worcester: 16—23°C

Beaufort West: 17—26°C

Oudtshoorn: 13—22°C

Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly in the west, becoming easterly. Light south-westerly in the east, becoming easterly.

Gqeberha: 15—20°C

Makhanda: 13—19°C

Nxuba (Adelaide): 12—24°C

Robert Sobukwe Town (Graaf-Reinet): 13—23°C

Ku Gompo City (East London): 16—20°C

Port St Johns: 17—22°C

Mthatha: 13—20°C

Komani: 11—22°C

Qonce: 15—19°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain, except in the north-west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Durban, but moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south towards the afternoon.

Durban: 18—24°C

Richard’s Bay: 16—25°C

Pietermaritzburg: 14—26°C

Ladysmith: 10—29°C

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