Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Saturday, 20 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Saturday, 20 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings: Nil.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the southern and central parts of the Northern Cape, central and eastern parts of the Western Cape, and in places over the Dr Beyers Naude, Inxuba Yethemba, Blue Crane Route, and Sundays River Valley Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.
- Advisories:
- Extremely hot conditions (maximum temperatures >40 degrees) are expected over the Langeberg municipality, Central and Little Karoo, and in places over the western interior of the Western Cape province and the western interior of the Eastern Cape province.
- Extremely uncomfortable and very hot conditions are expected in places over the Cape Winelands, Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Saturday, 20 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Fine in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The expected UVB sunburn index: High.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east with a chance of morning drizzle along the northern escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm.
- Limpopo: Cloudy in the east with a chance of morning drizzle along the escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and cool to warm, but hot over the extreme south-western Bushveld.
- North-West Province: Fine in the morning, becoming partly cloudy and warm.
- Free State: Fine in the morning, becoming partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the southern parts as well as the Lesotho border.
- Northern Cape: Cool along the coast with morning fog, otherwise fine and warm to hot, very hot in the north, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme west. The wind along the coast will be light southerly, becoming light to moderate north-westerly from late morning.
- Western Cape: Morning and evening fog along the west coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but warm in the west. It will become partly cloudy over the extreme north-eastern parts where isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected with extremely hot conditions in places over the eastern interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly but southerly to south-westerly along the south coast. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot, very hot to extremely hot in places. It will become partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong in places.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly north of Durban, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly spreading to Cape St Lucia by evening. The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High.