WEATHER: Cold front brings heavy downpours and snowfalls in parts of SA until Monday
Take a look at what the weather has in store for South Africa's nine provinces this Saturday, 27 July 2024.
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Here’s what the weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces on Monday, 27 July 2024.
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WEATHER ALERTS
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
A. Orange Level 5 Warning for Disruptive Rain leading to flooding of roads and settlements is expected over the City of Cape Town, Cape Winelands, and Theewaterskloof municipality in the Western Cape Province.
B. Yellow Level 4 Warning for Disruptive Rain leading to disruption of traffic flow due to major roads being flooded and damage to property is expected over the West Coast, Langeberg, Overstrand and Cape Agulhas municipalities in the Western Cape Province.
C. Yellow Level 3 Warning for Damaging Interior Winds leading to possible difficult driving conditions, especially over major routes is expected over the southern high ground of Namakwa in Northern Cape, City of Cape Town, Cape Winelands, Overberg, Garden Route and Central Karoo in the Western Cape.
D. Orange Level 6 Warning for Damaging Wind and Waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas Saturday morning spreading to Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay by Saturday evening.
E.Yellow level 2 warning for Damaging Wind and Waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Port Alfred from Saturday afternoon.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS
1. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over Dr Beyers Naude, Inxuba Yethemba, Sunday River Valley and Blue Crane Route Local Municipalities in Eastern Cape.
ADVISORIES
A significant cold front is expected to affect the Western, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape from Saturday into Monday. The public and small stock farmers are advised about the expected intermittent heavy downpours, snowfalls, very cold conditions, strong coastal and interior winds as well as very rough seas.
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Conditions and UVB forecast
Gauteng
Temperature: Fine and cool but warm in the north.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Gauteng rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 18 178 square kilometres.
Where does Gauteng rank in population among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the biggest in terms of population, with an estimated 16 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Gauteng?
The administrative capital of the province is Pretoria, which is situated at 25°44′46″S 28°11′17″E.
Mpumalanga
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Mpumalanga rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the second smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 76 495 square kilometres.
Where does Mpumalanga rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the sixth most populous, with an estimated 4.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Mpumalanga?
The capital and largest city in the province is Mbombela (formerly known as Nelspruit), which is situated at 25°27′57″S 30°59′07″E.
Limpopo
Temperature: Fine and warm but hot in the extreme north.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Limpopo rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 125 754 square kilometres.
Where does Limpopo rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth most populous, with an estimated 5.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Limpopo?
The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, which is situated at 23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E.
North West
Temperature: Fine and cool to warm.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the North West rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the sixth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 104 882 square kilometres.
Where does the North West rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the seventh most populous, with an estimated 4.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the North West?
Its capital is Mahikeng (formerly known as Mafikeng), which is situated at 25°51′56″S 25°38′37″E.
Free State
Temperature: Fine and cool.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Free State rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the third largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 825 square kilometres.
Where does the Free State rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the second smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 2.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Free State?
Formerly known as the Orange Free State, its capital and biggest city is Bloemfontein, South Africa’s judicial capital. It is situated at 29°07′S 26°13′E.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Morning fog patches over the interior, but cloudy to partly cloudy over the Western parts with isolated showers and rain, spreading to the southern parts from the afternoon, otherwise fine and cold, but very cold in the southern parts where snowfall is snowfall expected from the evening.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Northern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 372 889 square kilometres.
Where does the Northern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 1.3 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Northern Cape?
Its capital is Kimberley, which is situated at 28°44′18″S 24°45′50″E.
Western Cape
Temperature: Windy and cloudy to partly cloudy but cold to cool in the south-eastern parts, but overcast over the south-western parts from the afternoon With isolated to scattered showers and rain but widespread showers and rain over the extreme south-western parts. Snowfall is expected over the high-lying areas from the evening.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly, but strong to gale along the south-west coast spreading to the west and south coast from the afternoon.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Western Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the fourth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 449 square kilometres.
Where does the Western Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the third most populous, with an estimated 7.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Western Cape?
The capital city is Cape Town, which is situated at 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E.
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Windy in places over the interior, otherwise fine and cool, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and rain in the south-west evening.
The Western half – wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-west, becoming strong south-westerly from the west in the evening.
The Eastern half: Cloudy with fog patches in places south of the escarpment at first, otherwise fine and cool but windy in places over the interior.
The Eastern half – wind: The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate north-westerly, becoming north-easterly midday, but light and variable at times south of Coffee Bay.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the second largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 168 966 square kilometres.
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the fourth biggest in terms of population, with an estimated 6.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Eastern Cape?
Its capital is Bhisho, which is situated at 32°50′58″S 27°26′17″E.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Fine and cool but warm over the north-eastern parts.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly south of Durban until late morning, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the seventh largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 94 361 square kilometres.
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the second most populous, with an estimated 11.5 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal?
The capital city is Pietermaritzburg, which is situated at 29°37′S 30°23′E.
Weather forecast data provided by the South African Weather Service.
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