Weather Report: storms stack up across the country
· The South African
Monday, 14 September’s Weather Report shows cloudy, cool to warm conditions across most of the country, with widespread showers and thundershowers expected in several provinces.
SAWS has issued six separate warnings today, covering disruptive rain, severe thunderstorms and damaging winds across six provinces.
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Gauteng stays partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
A “high” UVB sunburn index is in effect, so sun precautions are worth taking if you’re outdoors for long.
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according to SAWS, the west carries the heaviest warnings today
Mpumalanga sees cloudy conditions in the east. Morning drizzle and fog patches are expected over the eastern Highveld and escarpment.
Otherwise, it stays partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west.
Limpopo stays cloudy with morning drizzle along the escarpment.
Otherwise, expect partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-western Bushveld. It will be fine in places in the north-west.
North West turns partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm.
Expect scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the east.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the province.
The Free State stays partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm.
Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, isolated in the north-east.
A Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the central and western parts.
The Northern Cape turns cloudy, windy and cool to cold.
Expect scattered showers and thundershowers, widespread in the east and central parts.
A Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain covers eastern Namakwa.
Alongside this, a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the Nama Khoi and Kamiesberg municipalities, and a Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the eastern parts of the province.
why the Cape and coast carry the heaviest warnings
The Western Cape turns cloudy and cool to cold. Expect scattered showers and thundershowers too, widespread over the north-eastern parts.
A Yellow Level 4 warning for disruptive rain covers the Central Karoo District.
Alongside this, a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the West Coast, Cape Winelands, Overberg Districts and the City of Cape Town.
The western half of the Eastern Cape turns windy in the north.
Otherwise, it stays cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, widespread in the north-west.
The eastern half sees warm to hot conditions with morning fog south of the escarpment.
Otherwise, it turns cloudy, windy and cool, with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the north-east. Meanwhile, winds reach gale force along the Wild Coast from the afternoon.
A Yellow Level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms covers the north-eastern coast.
Alongside this, a Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds covers the northern parts, a Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging winds covers the extreme north-east, and a Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds and waves covers the area between Port Edward and Richards Bay.
KwaZulu-Natal sees morning fog patches over the interior.
Otherwise, expect partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions, with isolated showers in the south. The UVB sunburn index here is “high” too.
According to SAWS, a cut-off low-pressure system is developing west of the country.
It’s affecting the Western and Northern Cape from Sunday into Monday, bringing intermittent heavy downpours, small hail, lightning, and very rough seas.
Extremely high fire danger is also active over the western parts of the Waterberg District and the Blouberg municipality in Limpopo.
It’s a genuinely busy warnings day, with six separate alerts stacked across the country at once.
It’s worth keeping a close eye on local updates if you’re anywhere near the coast or the Cape provinces today.
Are you in one of today’s warning areas, and how are you preparing?
Let us know in the comments below, Mzansi…