Disruptive weather warnings have been issued for various regions. (Jason Persoff/@Stormdoctor/Getty Images)
Disruptive weather warnings have been issued for various regions, including snow, rainfall, and strong winds, affecting transportation and community services.
According to the South African Weather Service, extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in the Northern Cape, with very cold temperatures and snowfall predicted across multiple provinces from Friday into Saturday.
Impact-based warnings:
Orange Level 6 warning for disruptive snow, causing service disruptions and temporary community cut-offs, in the north-eastern high ground of the Eastern Cape and south-western high ground of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive snow, causing icy roads and temporary mountain pass closures, in the northern and central high ground of the Eastern Cape, Free State, and western high ground of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rainfall in the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow Level 2 warning for strong damaging winds, causing difficult driving conditions and possible flying debris, in the Northern Cape, western parts of the Free State, and North West.
Yellow Level 2 warning for wind and waves, causing navigation difficulties at sea and localised disruptions to harbours or ports, between Port Edward and Kosi Bay.
Fire danger warnings:
Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the central part of the Northern Cape.
Advisories:
A cut-off low-pressure system will affect the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, parts of the Free State, Mpumalanga, and Gauteng from Friday into Saturday.
Very cold conditions (maximum temperatures of below 10°C) are expected over the interior of the Eastern Cape, interior of KwaZulu-Natal, southern and eastern parts of the Free State, and the Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga from Friday into Saturday, spreading to Gauteng on Saturday.
Snowfalls expected over the southern and eastern high ground of the Free State, including the Lesotho border, eastern and northern high ground of the Eastern Cape, western and southern high ground of KwaZulu-Natal, and southern Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga from Friday into Saturday morning.
The weather in your region:
Gauteng: Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
- Johannesburg 8°C — 18°C
- Vereeniging 6°C — 17°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the east in the morning, spreading to the entire province with light snowfall over the southern part by the evening.
- Mbombela 1°C — 17°C
- Emalahleni 11°C — 13°C
- Standerton 2°C — 12°C
- Skukuza 12°C — 16°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Polokwane 13°C — 16°C
- Phalaborwa 13°C — 22°C
- Lephalale 14°C — 20°C
- Mokopane 13°C — 21°C
North West: Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme southeast.
- Klerksdorp 7°C — 22°C
- Potchefstroom 5°C — 21°C
- Rustenburg 13°C — 25°C
Free State: Fine in the west at first, otherwise cloudy, windy, and very cold to cool, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers and possible snowfall over the eastern and southern parts.
- Bloemfontein 4°C — 11°C
- Bethlehem -2°C — 8°C
Northern Cape: Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool but windy in the east and central. Isolated showers and thundershowers over the southeastern part by the afternoon. Wind along the coast: fresh to strong south-easterly.
- Alexander Bay 10°C — 29°C
- Sutherland 2°C — 11°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy over the central and eastern parts with morning rain along the south coast, otherwise fine and cool. Wind along the coast: moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly but strong along the west coast.
In parts of the western half of the province it will be very cold and windy, otherwise cloudy and cold with scattered showers and thundershowers. Snow is expected over the mountainous areas.
There will be moderate to fresh south-easterly winds along the coast, but light and variable in places west of Oyster Bay in the morning.
- Cape Town 12°C — 20°C
- Vredendal 10°C — 24°C
- Riversdale 4°C — 16°C
- Beaufort West 6°C — 15°C
- Oudtshoorn 9°C — 17°C
Eastern Cape: It will be cold along the coast of eastern half of the province, otherwise cloudy and very cold with widespread showers and thundershowers but scattered in the northwest where it will be windy.
Snowfall is expected over the high ground areas.
There will be a moderate to fresh south-easterly wind along the coast.
- Graaff-Reinet 2°C — 13°C
- East London 10°C — 17°C
- Port St Johns 11°C — 16°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and very cold, but cool over the northeastern parts with widespread showers and rain.
There will be a fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly wind along the coast, becoming moderate in the south from the morning.
- Richards Bay 14°C — 18°C
- Pietermaritzburg 8°C — 9°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.