Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 18 January 2024
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Thursday, 18 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow Level 2 Warning: Expect disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of vulnerable formal/informal settlements, and low-lying roads and bridges in the morning over the Mopani and Vhembe districts in Limpopo.
- Yellow Level 1 Warning for Waves: Difficulty in navigation at sea for small vessels and personal watercraft is anticipated between Cape Columbine and Cape Point in the morning.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire conditions are expected over the City of Cape Town, West Coast District, and Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape, as well as the western parts of the Northern Cape.
- Advisories:
- Extremely hot conditions with maximum temperatures exceeding 40 degrees are anticipated over the West Coast District in the Western Cape and southern coastal areas of the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape.
- Uncomfortably very hot and humid conditions are expected over the Western Cape and parts of the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape until Friday.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 18 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Cloudy and cool but warm in the north, with isolated showers and thundershowers expected. The UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool, cold along the escarpment, with isolated morning showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the Lowveld.
- Limpopo: Morning fog patches over central parts, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered morning showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the south-west and south-central.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Free State: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.
- Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the extreme north-west at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot, very hot to extremely hot in places in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh to strong from the afternoon.
- Western Cape: Partly cloudy over eastern parts at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot over the interior, but extremely hot in the western interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, but easterly along the south coast and strong along the south-western coast. The UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with isolated morning rain along the coast east of Gqeberha, otherwise partly cloudy becoming fine and warm to hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-easterly in the afternoon.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm north of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain in places. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool but warm in places in the east. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise isolated. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly. The UVB sunburn index: Very High​​​​.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.