Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 11 January 2024
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Thursday, 11 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rain expected over the southeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, leading to localised flooding of vulnerable settlements, roads, bridges, and potential disruptions to municipal services.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms forecasted over the western half of the North West Province, Free State, the extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga (except the Lowveld), and Gauteng. These storms may produce heavy downpours, strong winds, hail, and lightning, causing localized flooding and damage to informal houses.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Nil.
- Advisories: Nil.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 11 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. UVB sunburn index: Moderate.
- Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the Lowveld; otherwise, cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the Lowveld; otherwise, scattered showers and thundershowers, but cloudy in the southwest.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western parts.
- Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the extreme western parts.
- Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in places over the north-east and southern parts. Wind along the coast: Light to moderate northerly to north-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly.
- Western Cape: Cloudy in the east with light rain in the extreme eastern parts in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon; otherwise, fine and warm to hot. Cooler along the south coast with cloudiness from the evening. Wind along the coast: Moderate to fresh south-easterly, strong in the morning along the south-west and south coast. UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with isolated showers of rain along the coast but isolated in the east of Somerset East. Wind along the coast: Moderate easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered east of Kei Mouth and Elliot. Wind along the coast: Moderate easterly to north-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the western interior; otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in the extreme northeast. Widespread showers and thundershowers expected in the south-east; otherwise scattered except in the extreme north-east where it will be isolated. Wind along the coast: Moderate easterly to north-easterly, but moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the south, spreading to the north by evening, and becoming moderate south-easterly in places at times. UVB sunburn index: Moderate.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.