Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 25 January 2024
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Thursday, 25 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings: Nil.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Extremely high fire conditions are expected in places over the Northern Cape (excluding the northwest and northeast), the West Coast district, Cape Winelands, and Central Karoo in the Western Cape.
- Advisories:
- Extremely hot conditions are anticipated over the Kamiesberg Municipality in the Northern Cape, parts of the 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 are expected in places over the Western Cape (excluding the coastal areas) and the interior of the Namakwa district in the Northern Cape.
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is forecasted for 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 Thursday, 25 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy at first with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, then partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld.
- Limpopo: Cloudy initially with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, then partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the central and south-western parts.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the southern parts.
- Free State: Cloudy at first in the extreme east with morning fog, then partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.
- Northern Cape: Cloudy with morning fog along the coast, then partly cloudy and hot to very hot with showers and thundershowers in the north-east. Extremely hot conditions over Kamiesberg Municipality. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.
- Western Cape: Cloudy along the south coast in the morning, then fine and hot to very hot, becoming extremely hot over the Central and Little Karoo. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with fog in the south-eastern interior at first, then fine and warm but hot to very hot over the interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong-easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy with fog south of the escarpment in the morning, then partly cloudy and warm to hot. Isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers are expected in the extreme north-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places over the interior, then partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south-easterly north of Durban, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly spreading to Richards Bay by evening. 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.