Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 29 February 2024
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Thursday, 29 February 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Severe Thunderstorms: A yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, including heavy downpours, strong winds, and hail, is expected over the northern parts of the Northern Cape, potentially causing localised damage to both informal and formal settlements.
- Damaging Winds: A yellow level 1 warning indicates potential for damaging winds along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Coffee Bay, affecting harbours/ports and creating difficult driving conditions.
- Fire Danger: Extremely high fire danger conditions are forecasted for the Cape Winelands, the Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape, parts of the interior of the Northern Cape, and the western interior of the Eastern Cape.
- Heat Advisories:
- Extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are anticipated over the Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape until Friday.
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the north-western interior of the Eastern Cape until Saturday.
Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 29 February 2024
Cape Town
On Thursday, 29 February 2024, Cape Town is expected to experience clear skies with a daytime high of approximately 27°C and a nighttime low of around 22°C. The wind is forecasted to come from the north at a speed of 9 km/h​​.
Durban
The weather forecast for Durban on Thursday, 29 February 2024, indicates clear skies throughout the day with temperatures reaching a high of approximately 29°C and a low of around 25°C.
Wind speeds are expected to be around 15 km/s from the northeast. There is no precipitation expected, ensuring a dry and sunny day​
Johannesburg
On Thursday, 29 February 2024, Johannesburg will experience sunny weather with a high of 29°C and a low of 15°C. Winds will be from the West-North-West at 7 Km/h, with cloud cover around 25% and humidity at 33%​​.
Conditions will remain clear throughout the night and morning, transitioning to sunny in the afternoon and evening, ensuring a pleasant day​​.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 29 February 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm, with morning cloudiness. High UVB sunburn index.
- Mpumalanga: Morning clouds and fog patches along the escarpment, then partly cloudy and cool to warm.
- Limpopo: Cloudy morning with possible drizzle along the escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and warm.
- North-West Province: Starting fine in the west, then warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the west.
- Free State: Morning fog in the east; otherwise, it will be warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated evening showers and thundershowers in the extreme west.
- Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast, then partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the interior, and extremely hot in the northwest. Moderate to fresh north-westerly coastal wind.
- Western Cape: Morning fog along the coast; warm to hot, becoming extremely hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the interior in the afternoon. Moderate to fresh northerly to northwesterly winds along the west coast, and moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast in the morning.
- Eastern Cape (Western Half): Morning fog in places, then very hot to extremely hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. North-easterly coastal winds, becoming fresh to strong, reaching gale force east of Gqeberha.
- Eastern Cape (Eastern Half): Morning fog south of the escarpment; warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the north in the afternoon. Fresh to strong north-easterly coastal winds, with gale force in places in the south.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in southwestern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated light morning showers in the extreme northeast. Light to moderate easterly to southeasterly coastal winds, becoming north-easterly in the afternoon.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.