Regional Forecast
The weather forecast for December 20th
Last updated at 15:25 SAST
Warnings
Orange Level 4 Warning: Disruptive Rain with heavy
downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads,
settlements, low-lying bridges/areas and risk of life
over the northern parts of Limpopo
B. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive Rain with heavy
downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible
roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, major roads
affected but can be used, increased travel times over the
eastern and western parts of Limpopo, and along the
Escarpment and Lowveld in Mpumalanga.
C. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms leading to
localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas
and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and localised
damage to infrastructure due to damaging winds over the
centraland eastern parts of North West, central parts of
Free State, south-western parts of Gauteng as well as the
extreme south-western parts of Limpopo.
D. Yellow Level 1 Warning: Damaging Coastal winds resulting
in difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between
Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas.
Special weather advisories
Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the western
parts of Namakwa Municipal District in the Northern Cape as well as
the West Coast, and south-western parts of Cape Winelands Municipal
District in the Western Cape.
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Gauteng
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
Rain +2 Hours
Rain +24 Hours
Temperature +24 Hours
Mpumalanga
Morning fog patches over the escarpment and over the Highveld, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Limpopo
Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-east.
North-West Province
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the west.
Free State
Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers in the central, otherwise isolated.
Northern Cape
Partly cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but warm over the north-western parts.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.
Western Cape
Fine and hot to very hot but cool to warm in the south. It will become partly cloudy with light rain along the south coast in the evening.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, becoming strong to near gale force along the south- west coast in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme
Western Half Of The Eastern Cape
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The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south- easterly to easterly.
Kwazulu-Natal
Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be fresh southerly to south- westerly.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate
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Updated at 15:25 SAST