Here’s a summary of the weather forecast for 4 April.
🌧️ COOL to COLD with SCATTERED to WIDESPREAD RAIN and STORMS over central and eastern South Africa. HEAVY RAIN (up to 50 mm) expected over central interior, including parts of North West, Free State, KZN, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
⚡ HOT in the west with isolated to scattered storms in the west.
⚠️IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟡 Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges as well as possible localised damage to settlements over an open area, are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, western parts of North-West, Free State, the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the south-eastern parts of Mpumalanga.
🟡Yellow Level 1: Disruptive rain resulting in localised flooding of settlements, roads/bridges, is expected in places over Joe Gqabi district, as well as Emalahleni and Sakhisizwe local municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
🟡Yellow Level 1: Damaging wind resulting in localised disruption to ports/harbours, and difficulty in navigation at sea, is expected in places between Cannon Rocks and Coffee Bay.
ADVISORIES:
🥵Hot to very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the interior of Namakwa, City of Cape Town, West Coast, and Cape Winelands Districts from Thursday until Sunday. In addition, heatwave conditions are expected over Saldanha Bay, Swartland and parts of the City of Cape Town municipality until Sunday (04-06/04/2025).
🌧️A low pressure system could result in disruptive rain along the south-east coast between East London and Port Edward Saturday into Sunday (05-06/04/2025).
