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THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SATURDAY 2019-01-26
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 northern and eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as central and western parts of both North-West and Free State provinces.

WATCHES:
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2. Severe thunderstorms are expected in places over the Escarpment and Highveld areas of Mpumalanga, southern interior of Limpopo, Gauteng as well as the northern and eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
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1. Heatwave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected over western parts of the North-West province until Friday.

1. GAUTENG:
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Partly cloudy and warm with widespread afternoon/evening showers and thundershowers.
The expected UVB sunburn index:Low

2. MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy in the east with morning fog in places on the Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cold to cool with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east.

3. LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches on the escarpment,
otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with scattered
showers and thundershowers becoming widespread in the south.

4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Very hot in the extreme west, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central parts, but scattered in the east.

5. FREE STATE:
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Cloudy and cool in the east with morning fog patches, otherwise
fine and warm, but hot in the north and north-west. It will be partly cloudy in the east with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the extreme east.

6. NORTHERN CAPE:
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Cloudy with fog along the coast at first, otherwise fine and warm, but hot to very hot over the central and western interior.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly, moderate at times during late morning and in the evening.

7. WESTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy to partly cloudy over the central and eastern parts at first, remaining partly cloudy along the south coast for the day, otherwise fine warm, but hot to very hot over the western parts.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly to
south-easterly in the west and south-west, otherwise moderate
to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index:Extreme

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the morning otherwise
fine and warm but cool along the coast.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain but scattered
along the wild coast and adjacent interior.
The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate easterly.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool but cold in places in the south-west. Widespread showers and
thundershowers are expected.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index:Low

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