A cold front is expected to pass through the eastern parts from tomorrow accompanied by a ridging high resulting in scattered showers and thundershowers where some of these storms are expected to be severe, accompanied by heavy downpours along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
💨 A tight pressure gradient is expected to result in a strong south-easterly wind offshore and along the coast of the Southern and Eastern Cape
⚠️ IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟠 Orange Level 6: Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslide over the south- eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
🟡 Yellow Level 4: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, excessive lightning and small hail is possible over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the south-east and extreme north- east.
🟡 Yellow Level 2: Disruptive rain with heavy down- pours leading to localized flooding of roads and settlements, damage to infrastructure and mudslide over the south-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
🟡 Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, excessive lightning and small hail is possible over the south- eastern parts of northern Cape, southern parts of Free State as well as along Lesotho borders, eastern parts of North West, Gauteng, southern Limpopo and most parts of Mpumalanga, except in the Lowveld.
🟡 Yellow level 4: Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
🟡 Yellow level 2: Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea is expected between Plettenberg Bay and Mazeppa Bay.
🔥FIRE DANGER WARNINGS: 🔥
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of Northern Cape and north-western parts of Western Cape.
