Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Monday, 6 November 2023.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Monday, 6 November 2023
The South Africa weather forecast for Monday indicates severe weather conditions, including damaging winds, thunderstorms, and fire dangers in various provinces.
Impact-based Warnings
A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms is anticipated, with strong winds, heavy downpours, and large hail likely to affect the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape and the eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
Similar conditions are expected in the central and western parts of both the North-West and Free State provinces.
Fire danger warnings
Extremely high fire danger conditions are forecast for the northern parts of the Northern Cape and Moses Kotane L.M of the North West.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Monday, 6 November 2023
Eastern Cape
The eastern half will be cloudy with fog and drizzle south of the escarpment in the morning, turning partly cloudy and warm to hot, and will escalate to cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
Coastal winds will be moderate north-easterly, strengthening in the north by the evening and switching to moderate south-westerly in the south from midmorning.
In the western half, expect morning fog patches over the interior, then partly cloudy and warm conditions, but cool with light rain in the south. The interior will become cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
Coastal winds will shift from light and variable to moderate south-westerly.
Free State
The weather will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers but becoming scattered over the central parts. It will be windy in the western and southern parts.
Gauteng
Skies will be partly cloudy and temperatures warm with isolated showers and thundershowers expected. The UVB sunburn index will be low.
KwaZulu-Natal
Morning fog patches will clear to partly cloudy and warm weather, with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the northeast. The coastal areas will experience moderate to fresh north-easterly winds. The UVB sunburn index will be very high.
Limpopo
Conditions will be fine and warm to hot, turning partly cloudy in the western Bushveld where isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected.
Mpumalanga
The escarpment will be cloudy with morning fog patches, otherwise, it will be fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the extreme west and southern parts. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are forecasted. The Lowveld will be hot.
North West
Partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions are in the forecast, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east, but scattered in other areas. It will be windy over the western parts.
Northern Cape
The west will be fine, while other parts will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. Coastal winds will be light and variable, becoming moderate west to south-westerly from the afternoon.
Western Cape
Morning fog patches and drizzle are expected over the west, with partly cloudy and cool conditions prevailing. It will be warm in the north-eastern parts, with very isolated showers and thundershowers possible in the extreme north-eastern parts late afternoon. The coast will see light and variable winds, becoming moderate to fresh west to north-westerly. The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.