Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Saturday, 27 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Saturday, 27 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, and large amounts of small hail, leading to localised flooding and disruption, are expected over the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, southern parts of Limpopo, extreme north-eastern parts of the North-West province, extreme eastern parts of the Free State, as well as the central and northern parts of Gauteng.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire conditions are forecasted over Nama Khoi and Kamiesberg Local Municipalities of the Northern Cape and Laingsburg and Breede Valley Local Municipalities of the Western Cape.
- Advisories:
- Extremely hot conditions are expected over Kamiesberg Municipality in the Northern Cape, parts of Cape Winelands, Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape, and Dr. Beyers Naude Municipality in the Eastern Cape.
- Extremely uncomfortable and very hot conditions in places over the Western Cape (excluding coastal areas) and the interior of the Namakwa district in the Northern Cape.
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is anticipated over the western parts of Chris Hani DM, Dr. Beyers Naude LM, Blue Crane Route LM, and Raymond Mhlaba LM.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Saturday, 27 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the north where it will be hot. The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High.
- Mpumalanga: Hot in the Lowveld; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the Highveld and escarpment areas.
- Limpopo: Hot in the southwestern Bushveld; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme east.
- Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast where it will be cool; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot in places over the interior with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-westerly.
- Western Cape: Cloudy with morning fog patches along the west coast; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot in places over the Little Karoo. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming fresh south-westerly along the west coast in the afternoon. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and hot but warm along the coast, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the northeastern interior. The wind along the coast will be light south-easterly, becoming light to moderate easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming easterly by afternoon.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme northeast. It will be scattered in the west. The expected UVB sunburn index: High.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.
