Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms are anticipated over the southern parts of North West Province (excluding the extreme southwest) and the north-central parts of the Free State. These storms could bring heavy downpours, strong winds, hail, and excessive lightning, leading to potential flooding of roads, settlements, and low-lying areas. There’s a risk of closure of some bridges and roads, danger to life due to fast-flowing streams or deep water, damage to both informal and formal houses or structures in populated areas (urban or rural villages), and structural damage to homes and carports.
- Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms expected over the northern parts of North West Province (excluding the north-east), Free State (excluding the eastern and western extremes), the extreme east of the Northern Cape, the south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga, and the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal. These storms could cause heavy downpours, strong winds, hail, and excessive lightning, resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas, and bridges, as well as localized damage to informal houses (roofs) over open areas and localized structural damage to homes and carports.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall that could cause localised flooding is expected in places over the eastern half of the Eastern Cape. This could impact formal/informal settlements, low-lying roads and bridges, and cause short-term disruptions to municipal services.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Nil.
- Advisories: Nil.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 10 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north. The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.
- Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy, cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered over the southern parts.
- Limpopo: Partly cloudy, warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.
- North-West Province: Cloudy and warm to hot with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the north-east.
- Free State: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Northern Cape: Cloudy along the coast in the morning, becoming fine; otherwise, partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north. It will become cloudy in the east by the afternoon with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh at times.
- Western Cape: Fine in the west where it will be hot to very hot; otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy with rain along the south coast. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.
- Eastern Cape (Western Half): Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.
- Eastern Cape (Eastern Half): Cloudy and warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior; otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the north-east. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected but widespread in the extreme south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.
