Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 22 February 2024
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Thursday, 22 February 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- A Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, including possible large amounts of small hail, heavy downpours leading to localised flooding, strong damaging winds, and excessive lightning. These conditions are expected over the escarpment areas in Mpumalanga, south-central parts of Limpopo, the north-western interior in KwaZulu-Natal, as well as over the northern parts of the Free State and central parts of the North-West.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions are forecasted in places over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the Free State, and North West provinces.
- Advisories:
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected to affect the Joe Gqabi District in the Eastern Cape until Friday, as well as the Free State, eastern parts of the Northern Cape, and southern and western parts of the North-West until Thursday. This heatwave is expected to persist over the entire North-West until Saturday.
Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 22 February 2024
Cape Town
On Thursday, 22 February 2024, Cape Town is expected to experience clear skies with a daytime high temperature of around 25°C and a nighttime low of approximately 18°C.
Wind speeds are forecasted to average. Precipitation is not expected, indicating a dry day.
Durban
On Thursday, 22 February 2024, Durban is expected to experience temperatures ranging from 22°C to 26°C, with partly cloudy skies throughout the day.
Wind speeds might reach up to 30km/h, coming from the northeast. The chance of rain is low, maintaining a comfortable humidity level.
Johannesburg
On Thursday, 22 February 2024, Johannesburg is expected to have variable weather conditions throughout the day.
The temperature is forecasted to range between 18°C in the early hours and reach highs of up to 28°C by midday.
Light rain showers are predicted around midday with a precipitation amount of 2.1 mm, transitioning to partly cloudy skies towards the evening.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Thursday, 22 February 2024
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- Gauteng: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers by the late afternoon. Extreme UVB sunburn index.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east in the morning with a chance of drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the eastern Highveld.
- Limpopo: Cloudy in central and eastern parts in the morning with fog patches on the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-east, except in the extreme north-east.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
- Free State: Similar to the North-West, partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the west.
- Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the coast, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but partly cloudy in the east with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east. Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly wind along the coast, becoming strong at times in the afternoon.
- Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy over the east and southern parts clearing from the northeast from late morning, otherwise fine and cool to warm but hot over the northeastern interior. Strong southerly to south-easterly wind along the west and south-west coast, moderating by the evening.
- Eastern Cape: The western half will be fine and warm, becoming cloudy in the evening, while the eastern half will be fine and hot north of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with a chance of light rain and drizzle.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated along the coast and in the north-east.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.
