3 days ago
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.
