SAWS Home – WeatherSA Portal

UPDATE: THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW: 2019-10-18
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE

SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
=======================

WARNINGS:
———
1. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern and parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the Free State, and the Western Bushveld of Limpopo.

EATCHES:
——–
Nil.

SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORIES:
—————————
1. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the Blue Crane, King Sabatha Dalindyebo, eastern parts of Chris Hani and Amathole district municipalities from Wednesday until Friday, but in the Western Bushveld of Limpopo, Gauteng, the Free State, western parts of Mpumalanga,the North West, and the eastern parts of the Northern Cape until at least Sunday.

1. GAUTENG:
———–
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

2. MPUMALANGA:
————–
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the west.

3. LIMPOPO:
———–
Fine and hot becoming partly cloudy in the south-western parts.

4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
———————–
Fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers in the extreme east.

5. FREE STATE:
————–
Cool along the coast with morning fog patches otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with afternoon thundershowers in the east. It will be very hot in the western parts.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

6.NORTHERN CAPE:
—————–
Cool along the coast with morning fog patches otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the
central parts and western parts.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

7. WESTERN CAPE:
—————-
Cool along the coast with morning fog patches along the south coast otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the eastern interior. It will clear from the west
during the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south easterly becoming fresh to strong along the west and south-west coast by the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
————————————
Cloudy and cool with mist along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the interior.
The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate south westerly, becoming fresh west of Cape St Francis from late morning.

9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
————————————
Fine and warm to hot becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the northern parts.
The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south westerly, but light at times in places north of East London.

10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
——————
Fine and warm, but hot to very hot in places over the interior. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme west.
The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Durban otherwise moderate southerly to south-westerly, spreading northwards.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

visit our website at http://www.weathersa.co.za

SAWS Home – WeatherSA Portal

SAWS is proud to announce the launch of the new marine website. The highlights of the site include the recently operational, high-resolution Storm Surge and Wave Forecast models


Source