Wednesday’s weather: A mix of strong winds, risk of fires, and cloudy conditions

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Damaging winds have been forecast for parts of the Northern Cape. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)


Damaging winds have been forecast for parts of the Northern Cape. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of damaging winds in parts of the Northern Cape and a risk of fire in some regions.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 Warning: Damaging winds leading to localised damage to settlements (formal and informal), as well as a risk of localised runaway fires, are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

Fire danger warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the western parts of the Free State and North West, the northern parts of the Northern Cape, the north-east of the Western Cape, as well as places in Limpopo.

The weather in your region

Gauteng: Fine, becoming partly cloudy.

Pretoria: 12°C — 29°C

Johannesburg: 8°C — 28°C

Vereeniging: 10°C — 30°C 

Mpumalanga: Fine and cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy.

Mbombela: 11°C — 30°C

Ermelo: 8°C — 26°C

Emalahleni: 7°C — 28°C

Standerton: 7°C — 29°C

Skukuza: 13°C — 33°C 

Limpopo: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south-west.

Polokwane: 10°C — 29°C

Phalaborwa: 12°C — 32°C

Tzaneen: 9°C — 30°C

Musina: 13°C — 32°C

Lephalale: 11°C — 31°C

Mokopane: 13°C — 31°C 

North West: Fine, windy, and warm to hot.

Klerksdorp: 13°C — 30°C

Potchefstroom: 11°C — 29°C

Mahikeng: 14°C — 30°C

Rustenburg: 12°C — 30°C

Vryburg: 10°C — 31°C 

Free State: Partly cloudy, windy, and cool to warm.

Bloemfontein: 8°C — 27°C

Welkom: 11°C — 29°C

Bethlehem: 8°C — 25°C 

Northern Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy in the west in the morning with fog in places, otherwise fine and cool to cold but warm in the north-west. Windy conditions can be expected over the interior by the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly, becoming fresh at times in the south.

Upington: 12°C — 32°C

Kimberley: 10°C — 30°C

De Aar: 10°C — 27°C

Alexander Bay: 11°C — 17°C

Springbok: 9°C — 17°C

Calvinia: 5°C — 19°C

Sutherland: 1°C — 19°C 

Western Cape: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold, but warm in the north-east. Isolated showers and rain are expected over the western parts, spreading to the south coast and adjacent interior by the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to south-westerly along the south coast, becoming fresh to strong from the afternoon, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly.

Cape Town: 13°C — 17°C

Vredendal: 10°C — 19°C

Riversdale: 12°C — 21°C

George: 13°C — 19°C

Worcester: 10°C — 19°C

Beaufort West: 12°C — 29°C

Oudtshoorn: 12°C — 26°C 

Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy at first with fog in places, otherwise fine and warm but partly cloudy cool along the coast and adjacent interior, where it will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.

The eastern half of the province will be partly cloudy with fog in places at first, otherwise fine and warm but cloudy and cool along the coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming north-easterly by evening.

Gqeberha: 15°C — 23°C

Makhanda: 13°C — 24°C

Cradock: 12°C — 31°C

Graaff-Reinet: 12°C — 31°C

East London: 17°C — 22°C

Port St Johns: 18°C — 22°C

Mthatha: 15°C — 27°C

Komani: 12°C — 28°C

Qonce: 15°C — 25°C 

KwaZulu-Natal: Fine and warm, but partly cloudy in the east. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly from the south in the early morning. 

Durban: 14°C — 24°C

Richard’s Bay: 15°C — 25°C

Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 27°C

Ladysmith: 6°C — 30°C 

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.

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