Saturday's weather: Eastern Cape braces for damaging waves, icy weather - rest of SA cool
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow Level 2: Damaging waves can be expected along the coastline between Port Alfred and Richards Bay. These may lead to difficulty in navigation, disruptions at harbours/ports, and interruptions to beachfront activities.
In the SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories:
Residents in the north-eastern interior of the Eastern Cape should brace for very cold conditions that will persist until Sunday.
Weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches are expected over the southern highveld, followed by partly cloudy and cold to cool conditions. Isolated showers and thundershowers should also be anticipated, though it will remain warm in parts of the lowveld.
Mbombela: 9°C – 19°C
Ermelo: 6°C – 17°C
Emalahleni: 7°C – 19°C
Standerton: 5°C – 20°C
Skukuza: 17°C – 25°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 9°C – 22°C
Phalaborwa: 15°C – 25°C
Tzaneen: 12°C – 23°C
Musina: 13°C – 25°C
Lephalale: 9°C – 25°C
Mokopane: 10°C – 23°C
North West: The province will experience fine to partly cloudy and cool conditions, with isolated showers and thundershowers forecast in the east.
Klerksdorp: 5°C – 20°C
Potchefstroom: 5°C – 20°C
Mahikeng: 6°C – 22°C
Rustenburg: 7°C – 23°C
Vryburg: 5°C – 20°C
Free State: Eastern interior areas may see morning fog patches. The rest of the province will have partly cloudy and cold to cool conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers expected in the east.
Bloemfontein: 5°C – 17°C
Welkom: 5°C – 19°C
Bethlehem: 0°C – 16°C
Northern Cape: The day will be fine and cool, though cold conditions are expected in the south. Along the coast, moderate to fresh south-easterly winds will strengthen in the northern areas in the afternoon.
Upington: 6°C – 20°C
Kimberley: 6°C – 18°C
De Aar: 1°C – 14°C
Alexander Bay: 7°C – 21°C
Springbok: 4°C – 19°C
Calvinia: -2°C – 18°C
Sutherland: -6°C – 14°C
Western Cape: Cloudy and cool to cold conditions are expected, with some light rain over the extreme south-eastern parts. Northern regions will remain partly cloudy. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong southerly and south-easterly, with lighter south-westerly winds along the southern coast.
Cape Town: 10°C – 17°C
Vredendal: 4°C – 20°C
Riversdale: 7°C – 14°C
George: 8°C – 15°C
Worcester: 4°C – 16°C
Beaufort West: 4°C – 12°C
Oudtshoorn: 5°C – 14°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cold to very cold conditions will dominate, with isolated showers and rain expected in the south, particularly along the coast and adjacent interior where it will be scattered. Fresh to strong south-westerly winds will prevail along the coast.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cold to very cold conditions will persist, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain over south-eastern parts by the evening. Fresh to strong south-westerly winds are expected along the coast.
Gqeberha: 11°C – 15°C
Makhanda: 6°C – 13°C
Cradock: 1°C – 15°C
Graaff-Reinet: -1°C – 14°C
East London: 11°C – 15°C
Port St Johns: 12°C – 18°C
Mthatha: 4°C – 19°C
Komani: 2°C – 12°C
Qonce: 7°C – 15°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool conditions are forecast, turning warm in the extreme north-east. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are likely except in the extreme south. Winds along the coast will vary from light to moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly.
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