Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 24 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings: Nil.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Extremely high fire conditions are expected over the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape, West Coast district, Cape Winelands, Central Karoo of the Western Cape, Dr Beyers Naude LM, and Inxuba Yethemba LM of the Eastern Cape.
- Advisories:
- Extremely hot conditions (maximum temperatures exceeding 40 degrees) are expected over the Cape Winelands, Central and Little Karoo in the Western Cape.
- Extremely uncomfortable and very hot conditions are expected in places over the Western Cape and the interior of Namakwa in the Northern Cape.
- A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over the interior of the Eastern Cape.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 24 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east with early morning drizzle along the escarpment and morning fog patches on the Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers on the Highveld from the afternoon.
- Limpopo: Cloudy in places in the east with morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the southern parts.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers.
- Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers.
- Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and hot, very hot in places over the interior with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Extremely hot in places over the south-western interior. The wind along the coast will be light northerly to north-westerly at first, becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly by the afternoon.
- Western Cape: Partly cloudy over the north-eastern interior, otherwise fine and warm to hot, very hot to extremely hot over the West Coast district and most parts of the interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the West Coast, otherwise strong easterly to south-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, very hot in places over the interior. Isolated thunderstorms in the north in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong easterly in the afternoon.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but cool along the Wild Coast. It will become cloudy with isolated thunderstorms north of the escarpment from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming strong in places in the south from the afternoon.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to warm with morning rain and showers, and isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming easterly to north-easterly from the south in the afternoon. The expected 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.