Thursday's weather: Light rain, cloudy and cold conditions in most regions
A warning of damaging winds has been issued for some parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds in KwaZulu-Natal (Port Edward to Kosi Bay), which may result in localised disruption in small harbours or ports, risk of small vessels taking on water or capsizing, and difficulty in navigation expected.
In the SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness.
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Level 1 is medium, Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
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Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool.
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cold to cool with chances of light rain in the east, clearing to partly cloudy skies in the evening.
Mbombela: 11° — 17°
Ermelo: 7° — 16°
Emalahleni: 7° — 17°
Standerton: 5° — 18°
Skukuza: 13° — 20°
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cold to cool, with a possibility of light rain in the eastern regions.
Polokwane: 9° — 17°
Phalaborwa: 14° — 19°
Tzaneen: 11° — 18°
Musina: 12° — 23°
Lephalale: 9° — 22°
Mokopane: 9° — 20°
North-West: Partly cloudy and cool.
Klerksdorp: 6° — 20°
Potchefstroom: 7° — 20°
Mahikeng: 8° — 20°
Rustenburg: 9° — 20°
Vryburg: 7° — 22°
Free State: Partly cloudy and cold to cool. Isolated evening showers and thundershowers are expected in the southern areas.
Bloemfontein: 5° — 20°
Welkom: 7° — 20°
Bethlehem: 5° — 17°
Northern Cape: Fine in the west with coastal evening fog. Partly cloudy and cool to warm elsewhere, with isolated evening showers and thundershowers over central and south-eastern parts. Light to moderate south to south-westerly wind is expected along the coast.
Upington: 7° — 24°
Kimberley: 6° — 23°
De Aar: 5° — 21°
Alexander Bay: 9° — 22°
Springbok: 12° — 22°
Calvinia: -1° — 20°
Sutherland: -4° — 18°
Western Cape: Fine and cool to cold with morning frost in some interior regions. Light to moderate north-easterly winds in the south and south-west, turning south to south-westerly in the west.
Cape Town: 11° — 19°
Vredendal: 6° — 23°
Riversdale: 5° — 21°
George: 5° — 19°
Worcester: 6° — 21°
Beaufort West: 5° — 23°
Oudtshoorn: 5° — 19°
Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches south of the escarpment. Fine and cool, becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in the north.
Gqeberha: 10° — 21°
Makhanda: 7° — 20°
Cradock: 0° — 22°
Graaff-Reinet: 0° — 24°
East London: 11° — 22°
Port St Johns: 13° — 23°
Mthatha: 4° — 21°
Komani: 0° — 21°
Qonce: 8° — 23°
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to cold, with isolated showers and rainfall along the coast; otherwise, there will be a clearing trend to partly cloudy conditions by the afternoon. Light to moderate south-westerly winds south of Mandeni; otherwise, moderate to fresh south-easterly, shifting to easterly to north-easterly in the afternoon.
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