Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 3 January 2024.
Weather warnings and advisories to take note of on Wednesday, 3 January 2024
Severe weather alerts:
- Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, severe lightning, large hail, and strong damaging winds are expected over the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the northern and eastern interior of Eastern Cape.
- Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the northern parts of the Northern Cape.
- Advisories: Nil.
South Africa weather forecast: Here’s what to expect on Wednesday, 3 January 2024
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the south-west. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy in places in the morning with fog patches along the escarpment. Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon, except in the extreme northeast, but scattered over the Highveld.
- Limpopo: Cloudy in places in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley. It will be hot in the southwest, with scattered thundershowers over the south-central parts.
- North-West Province: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
- Free State: Morning fog in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme east.
- Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. It will be very hot in the north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly.
- Western Cape: Cloudy along the south coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northeast. It will be hot to very hot in places over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the west coast, otherwise moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High.
- Western Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the south with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. Light rain is expected along the coast in the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly to south-easterly.
- Eastern Half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the south with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered over the interior. Light rain is expected along the coast in the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers in the west, otherwise isolated except in the northeast. The wind along the coast will be light and variable north of St. Lucia at first, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.