Regional Forecast
The weather forecast for January 12th
Last updated at 16:50 SAST
Warnings
Special weather advisories
A. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected
until Tuesday over the Eastern Cape Province, exception of the
Joe Gqabi and the southern parts of Nelson Mandela Bay.
B. Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are
expected over the Central Karoo of the Western Cape ON Monday.
Gauteng
Partly cloudy and warm. The expected UVB sunburn index: High
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Mpumalanga
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Limpopo
Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
North-West Province
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers, except in the east.
Free State
Partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east.
Northern Cape
Cloudy along the coast with morning fog patches where it will be warm, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but partly cloudy in the east with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
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Western Cape
Cloudy and warm along the coastal areas with fog along the west coast and drizzle along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot over the north-eastern interior.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable north of Cape Columbine in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High
Western Half Of The Eastern Cape
Fog patches along the coast at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, but cloudy over the interior where isolated afternoon thundershowers can be expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly.
Eastern Half Of The Eastern Cape
Fog patches along the coast and adjacent interior at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated thundershowers over the eastern interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south in the late afternoon, spreading to Port St Johns by late evening.
Kwazulu-Natal
Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh to strong in places in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
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Updated at 16:50 SAST