Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 17 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Orange Level 5 Warning: Disruptive rainfall expected to cause widespread flooding, damaging roads and settlements, affecting mud-based houses, and potentially displacing communities along the coast and northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
- Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive rainfall likely to lead to localised flooding of vulnerable formal and informal settlements, low-lying roads, and bridges in the western and southern interior of KZN, Mpumalanga, Limpopo (except the extreme northern parts), Gauteng, and the eastern parts of the North West and Free State provinces.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions anticipated over the Dawid Kruiper, KaiGarib, and Kareeberg Local Municipalities of the Northern Cape.
- Advisories: Nil.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy to partly cloudy, cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-west.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western parts.
- Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except over the southwestern parts.
- Northern Cape: Fine over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers over the northeastern parts. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
- Western Cape: Cloudy with rain along the south coast, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot over the West Coast District. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong along the southwest coast. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with early morning isolated rain and showers along the coast and in places in the interior. It will become partly cloudy towards midday. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with scattered rain and showers, but widespread along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and warm but cool in the south. Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh at times. The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate​​​​.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.