Forecast

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY 2018-12-20
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
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WARNINGS:
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1. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape and western parts of the North-West

WATCHES:
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2. Severe thunderstorms are expected in places over the Highveld of Mpumalanga, interior, western and south-western parts of Limpopo and the northern and north-eastern parts of Gauteng.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
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Nil.

1. GAUTENG:
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Fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon
showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north and north-east.
The expected UVB sunburn index:Very High

2. MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but cool over the escarpment. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected but isolated in the lowveld.

3. LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches over the escarpment,
otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the west. Scattered
showers and thundershowers are possible over the central, western
and south-western, otherwise isolated.

4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Fine and hot but partly cloudy in the extreme east with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

5. FREE STATE:
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Partly cloudy and warm in the north-east where isolated to scattered thundershowers are expected, otherwise fine and hot.

6. NORTHERN CAPE:
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Cool along the coast with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm but hot in places over the interior.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly
becoming strong by the afternoon.

7. WESTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy along the south-coast at first, otherwise fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy. It will be cool over the Peninsula.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming
moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly but strong north
of Cape Columbine by the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index:Extreme

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Partly cloudy and warm, becoming fine over the interior from the late morning.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly by midday, but strong in the evening.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Partly cloudy and warm in the north, otherwise cloudy and cool with light rain.
The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly from late afternoon.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool but warm along the coast and north-east with isolated rain and showers but scattered showers and thundershowers in the north-west.
The wind along the coast will be Moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming south-easterly from the south in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index:Moderate

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