The forecast was issued at 16:00 sast by the South African weather service.
A. A yellow level 2 for damaging winds is expected over the northeastern interior of the Eastern Cape and along the coast between Knysna and Coffee Bay, resulting in localized damage to settlements, localized problems for high-sided vehicles and disruptions to beachfront activities.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
Extremely high fire danger conditions are anticipated over.
Northwestern parts of the Eastern Cape, the central parts of the Northern Cape and the western part of the Free State.
ADVISORIES:
1. GAUTENG:
Fine and cool.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
2. MPUMALANGA:
Warm in the Lowveld and the escarpment areas, otherwise
fine and cool becoming partly cloudy in the western Highveld, where mist patches are expected in the early morning.
3. LIMPOPO:
Morning mist over the central parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming fine by the afternoon.
4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
Fine and cool.
5. FREE STATE:
Fine and cool.
6. THE NORTHERN CAPE:
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool, but cold with isolated showers and rain in the south.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to northwesterly.
7. WESTERN CAPE:
Partly cloudy over the eastern parts, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold with scattered to widespread rain and showers in the southwest, otherwise isolated, spreading eastwards over the remainder of the province from mid-morning, clearing from late afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly, reaching near gale force for the eastern parts of the south coast from the afternoon. It will become moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly along the west coast from the evening.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Low
8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
Partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain from late morning, but scattered in the south. Light snow is expected over the northern mountains from the evening.
The wind along the coast will be mild northwesterly,
becoming strong southwesterly late morning, reaching gale force in places in the afternoon.
9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
Windy in the north, otherwise fine and cool, but partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the east.
It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the southwest from the afternoon.
The wind along the coast would be moderate to fresh westerly,
becoming fresh to strong southwesterly in the afternoon,
reaching gale force in places from the evening.
10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
Fine and warm but cool in the south-east, becoming partly cloudy to cloudy in the east with isolated evening showers, spreading to the south and southwest.
The wind along the coast would be moderate to fresh northerly north of Mandeni; otherwise, south-westerly spreading to St Lucia in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
