A heatwave condition with sustained high temperatures exceeding the average maximum temperature is expected.
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The South African Weather Service has warned that very high fire danger is expected in the western part of the North West, parts of the Northern Cape, western Free State provinces and inland parts of the West Coast region. Cape Winelands and Kannaland Municipalities in the Western Cape.
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Heatwave conditions with above-average maximum temperatures are expected to continue on Monday in the western Free State, northeastern Northern Cape and southwestern parts of the North West.
The situation will spread to the south-east of the central and north-west Free State on Tuesday, and will spread across the north-west from Wednesday and continue until Saturday.
Very hot to very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected in most parts of the Western Cape and the Namaqua district of the Northern Cape, and are expected to continue in the eastern parts of these regions until Tuesday.
?????Weather Advisory: Heatwave conditions with sustained above average maximum temperatures are expected in the North West, Free State and Northern Cape. These conditions are expected to continue until Saturday (2024/02/24). #saw #weather update pic.twitter.com/Rk68op1AAh
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherService) February 18, 2024
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gauteng province It will be cloudy in the morning, but otherwise cloudy and warm with a chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.
Mpumalanga Cloudy conditions are expected with morning mist along the escarpment, but becoming partly cloudy by the afternoon, warming from the west and isolated showers and thunderstorms possible, but along the escarpment, except in the Lowveld, where it will be hot. and are scattered along the eastern part of the Highveld.
in Limpopocloudy at times and hot, although the Limpopo Valley can become very hot in the afternoon.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the south central and western regions.
Partly cloudy skies and a hot to very hot day are expected. northwestisolated showers and thunderstorms will occur.
It will be cloudy in the east free state There was some morning fog at first, but otherwise it's cloudy, warm, hot, but sunny in the southwest.
Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the east.
There will be morning fog along the coast. northern cape Warm, otherwise sunny and hot to very hot and partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the Northeast.
The inland northwest will be very hot.
There will be calm to breezy southerly winds along the coast.
of western cape There will be fog in places along the south coast and Breed Valley during the morning. Otherwise it is sunny and hot to very hot, but in inland locations it can be very hot.
Winds along the coast will be strong east to southeast in the south, but light to moderate south to southwest winds elsewhere.
The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.
The western half is eastern cape It will be cloudy initially with some fog inland, but otherwise sunny and hot, although it will be warm along the coast.
Winds along the coast will be light northeasterly in the morning, but will be breezy to strong easterly the rest of the year.
It will be cloudy and cool in the eastern half, with light rain along the Wild Coast and adjacent inland areas in the morning, but otherwise sunny and warm, with parts cloudy and isolated thunderstorms in the northeast.
There will be light to moderate winds from the northeast along the coast.
KwaZulu-Natal Morning fog will occur inland. Otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms scattered across the northwest.
Winds along the coast will be moderate south to southeast, becoming south to east to northeast in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.