Widespread rain and severe storms are possible in at least four states. (Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Dai Burger)
The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings for devastating rainfall causing severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves and flooding in multiple parts of the country.
Shock-based warnings:
A. An orange level 6 warning for winds creating hazardous conditions for medium and large vessels has been issued between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas from Saturday evening until Sunday.
B. An orange level 6 alert for indoor winds resulting in structural damage and disruption of power, communications and other services is in place for the City of Cape Town, Overberg and the City of Cape Winelands from Saturday evening until Sunday. The order has been issued.
C. A yellow level 4 warning has been issued between Saldanha Bay and Mossel Bay for winds and waves leading to difficulties in maritime navigation and disruption to small ports.
D. From Saturday evening until Sunday, strong inland winds caused problems for high-sided vehicles on slope-prone routes and caused damage to villages in the interior of the Western Cape and southern areas of Namaqua in the Northern Cape. A yellow level 4 warning has been issued.
E. A yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy rain leading to flooding has been issued for the North West and eastern Free State, northern and eastern Gauteng, and southern and western parts of the Eastern Cape. Part of KwaZulu-Natal.
Fire hazard warning:
A. Very high fire risk is expected in municipal locations within the City of Cape Town.
Advisory:
Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in southern Namaqua (Northern Cape) and parts of the Cape Winelands and Central Karoo (Western Cape) municipalities on Sunday and Monday.
Weather in your area:
gauteng province Morning fog will develop in the central and southern parts of the country, but otherwise it will be cloudy and cool, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected in the afternoon, with widespread rain expected in the south.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
Cloudy and cool weather is expected Mpumalangascattered showers and thunderstorms, but isolated in the Lowveld.
Limpopo The weather will be cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the Northeast.
inside northwest and free statemorning fog is expected in the east, but otherwise it will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms over a wide area in the east.
of northern cape Sunny in the west but otherwise cloudy, warm to hot but cool in the far south and west, with showers and thunderstorms expected in the center and east.
Winds along the coast will be calm to breezy from the southeast.
Partly cloudy skies and a cool to warm day is expected. Western Cape, Isolated rain is falling in the central Karoo and southern Overberg. The south coast and Little Karoo will be cold.
Winds along the coast will be moderate to southwesterly north of Cape Columbine in the afternoon. Otherwise, southeasterly to easterly winds will be breezy to strong, reaching gales between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.
of eastern cape It will be cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thunderstorms, but they will be isolated in the north.
Winds along the coast will be calm to breezy easterly.
The eastern half of the state will also be cloudy and cold with scattered thunderstorms, but there will be rain over large swathes of the east. There are some cool places along the coast.
Winds along the coast will be calm to breezy from the southeast to east.
KwaZulu-Natal It will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms, with widespread rain in the south.
Along the coast, winds will be moderate from the south to southeast.
The expected UVB sunburn index is high.