Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 20 March 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- A Yellow Level 2 Warning for severe thunderstorms with potential heavy downpours, hail, damaging winds, and excessive lightning, leading to localised flooding, structural damages, and disruption of services across eastern parts of both the North West and Free State, Gauteng, and the Highveld of Mpumalanga.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions expected in the Kamiesberg local municipality and central parts of the Northern Cape.
- Advisories:
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures anticipated in parts of the North West, Free State, central and eastern Northern Cape until Wednesday, extending until Friday over the northeastern interior of the Eastern Cape.
Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Cape Town
On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, Cape Town is forecasted to experience temperatures ranging from a minimum of 16°C at night to a maximum of 23°C during the day.
The day will see cloudy conditions early on, transitioning to sunny intervals as the day progresses. Conditions are expected to be predominantly dry with less than 5% chance of precipitation, maintaining good visibility throughout the day ​​.
Durban
On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, Durban is anticipated to have thunderstorms with overcast conditions. Temperatures are expected to range between a minimum of 23°C and a maximum of 24°C.
Humidity will be notably high at 87%, with wind speeds approximately 11 km/h. There’s a substantial 69% chance of precipitation, with anticipated rainfall around 14.48 mm​​.
Johannesburg
On Wednesday, 20 March 2024, Johannesburg is expected to experience a range of weather conditions starting with some early morning sprinkles under broken clouds, leading to partly cloudy skies.
Temperatures are forecasted to vary from a low of 20°C in the early hours to a high of 32°C around midday. Light showers are anticipated in the afternoon, with a total rainfall of about 1 mm throughout the day ​​.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 20 March 2024
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- Gauteng: Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered afternoon thundershowers expected. The UVB sunburn index is very high.
- Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment; otherwise, partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, especially over the Highveld.
- Limpopo: Cloudy in the east, partly cloudy and warm to hot elsewhere, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, excluding the Limpopo Valley.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east.
- Free State: Similar conditions to the North-West Province, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast; otherwise, fine and warm to extremely hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the south and extreme west. Wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
- Western Cape: Morning and evening fog in places in the south; partly cloudy over southern and eastern parts. It will be fine and warm to hot, very hot in places in the West Coast district. Wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly north of Table Bay, otherwise fresh to strong south-easterly.
- Eastern Cape: Divided into western and eastern halves, with the western half expecting cloudy and cool conditions with light rain and drizzle in the southeast. The eastern half will see cloudy and warm to cool conditions with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior, partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon along the Drakensberg area.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy with morning fog over the northern escarpment, becoming cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind along the coast will be light south-westerly in the extreme south in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly but south-easterly in the north from the afternoon.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.