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News24
25-07-2025
- Climate
- News24
Saturday's weather: Eastern Cape braces for damaging waves, icy weather - rest of SA cool
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning for damaging waves along the coastline between Port Alfred and Richards Bay this weekend, while very cold conditions have been forecast for other parts of the Eastern Cape. 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.
News24
17-06-2025
- Climate
- News24
Wednesday's weather: Cold conditions with damaging waves, winds in some regions
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has forecast damaging waves and winds in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. Rain is expected in the east of KwaZulu-Natal. Impact-based warnings Yellow level 2 warning: damaging waves expected between Saldanha Bay and East London. This may lead to difficult navigation for small vessels, the risk of water intake, and localised disruption to beachfront activities. Yellow level 1 warning: damaging winds are expected between Cape Point and East London, causing challenges for small vessels, including the potential of taking on water and dragging anchors. In SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a 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 Cold conditions with daytime temperatures of 10°C or below are expected over parts of the interior of the Western Cape and Namakwa District in the Northern Cape. These conditions will persist until Saturday. The weather in your province Gauteng: Fine and cool. Pretoria: 5°C - 21°C Johannesburg: 3°C - 20°C Vereeniging: 2°C - 21°C Mpumalanga: Fine and cool to cold, with warm conditions on the Lowveld. Mbombela: 9°C - 26°C Ermelo: 5°C - 17°C Emalahleni: 5°C - 20°C Standerton: 4°C - 20°C Skukuza: 12°C - 30°C Limpopo: Morning fog expected in the south-west, becoming fine and cool to warm during the day. Polokwane: 8°C - 22°C Phalaborwa: 13°C - 30°C Tzaneen: 12°C - 25°C Musina: 12°C - 27°C Lephalale: 8°C - 24°C Mokopane: 9°C - 23°C North West: Fine and cool. Klerksdorp: 5°C - 20°C Potchefstroom: 2°C - 20°C Mahikeng: 5°C - 20°C Rustenburg: 6°C - 23°C Vryburg: 3°C - 21°C Free State: Morning fog in the western parts, otherwise fine and cool to cold. It will be windy in the extreme south-east. Bloemfontein: 1°C - 18°C Welkom: 4°C - 19°C Bethlehem: -1°C - 17°C Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the extreme west; elsewhere, fine and cool to cold conditions will prevail, with cold weather in the southern high-ground. Coastal wind: Light to moderate north-westerly, turning moderate south-westerly to southerly by the afternoon. Upington: 4°C - 16°C Kimberley: 3°C - 18°C De Aar: 3°C - 13°C Alexander Bay: 10°C - 21°C Springbok: 4°C - 14°C Calvinia: 2°C - 11°C Sutherland: 0°C - 10°C Western Cape: Cloudy and cool to cold, with isolated showers and rain expected, except in the north-east where it will be partly cloudy. Coastal wind: Light to moderate north-westerly north of Cape Columbine, moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly winds elsewhere, with strong winds in the morning. Cape Town: 12°C - 16°C Vredendal: 8°C - 17°C Riversdale: 10°C - 16°C George: 11°C - 15°C Worcester: 10°C - 16°C Beaufort West: 3°C - 15°C Oudtshoorn: 6°C - 15°C Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in places along the coast, isolated showers and rain expected west of Gqeberha. Otherwise partly cloudy and cold, fine in the north-east with morning frost. Coastal wind: Strong to gale force south-westerly winds. Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and cold, with morning frost in the northern areas. Partly cloudy conditions are likely along the coast. Coastal wind: Strong south-westerly. Gqeberha: 12°C - 18°C Makhanda: 8°C - 15°C Cradock: 1°C - 15°C Graaff-Reinet: 2°C - 15°C East London: 14°C - 20°C Port St Johns: 15°C - 21°C Mthatha: 8°C - 18°C Komani: 4°C - 14°C Qonce: 10°C - 17°C KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain in the east. Warm temperatures are expected in the north-east. Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
