Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Friday, 5 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Friday, 5 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with possible heavy downpours, severe lightning, large hail, and strong damaging winds are expected over western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern Free State, and the eastern interior of the Eastern Cape.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape, as well as Cederberg Municipality, Cape Winelands, and Central Karoo in the Western Cape.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Friday, 5 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High.
- Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, then cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Lowveld.
- Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the southern escarpment, then cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east, but scattered in the central to southern parts.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east where it will be cloudy.
- Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, where it will be cloudy, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme east.
- Northern Cape: Fine in the central interior and southern parts until late morning, then partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north and north-east. Cloudy with morning fog along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly.
- Western Cape: Morning fog along the west coast and cloudy along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy to fine and warm to hot, but very hot over the eastern interior where it will be extremely hot in places. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but easterly along the south coast, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with fog in places in the south at first, then fine to partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated thundershowers in places in the northern and eastern interior. It will be warm along the coast. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly but moderate west of St Francis, becoming moderate westerly from the west in the evening.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Fog in places south of the escarpment at first, then partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers over the central and northern interior, but scattered along the escarpment. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, then partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the west. The wind along the coast will be gentle south-easterly in the extreme north at first, otherwise moderate easterly to north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.