Here’s a summary of the weather forecast for 24 April.
⛈️ COLD and WET weather persists as a STRONG CUT-OFF LOW continues to moves eastwards over the Free State and Kwazulu-Natal on Thursday, before exiting near the northern coast of KZN by Friday.
⚠️ IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟠Orange Level 5: Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours leading to flooding of roads and bridges, damage to infrastructure and agricultural activities are expected over the eastern parts of Free State, extreme east of the North West, southern parts of Gauteng and extreme south-western parts of Mpumalanga.
🟡Yellow Level 4: Severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours leading to localized flooding of roads and bridges, large amounts of small hail and excessive lightning are expected over the extreme south-central parts of Limpopo, northern parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga highveld as well as over the northern and north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
🟡Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised damage to settlements, localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges are expected over the central part of Free State, eastern parts of North West, southern parts of Limpopo and north-eastern parts of Mpumalanga, except in the north-eastern Lowveld.
🟡Yellow Level 2: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of settlements, roads and bridges is expected in places along the coast and adjacent interior of the eastern half of the Eastern Cape.
🥶ADVISORIES: 🥶 Cold and wet conditions are expected over the central and western parts of KwaZulu Natal until Tomorrow (24 April 2025), but very cold over the south-western high grounds where light snowfall is possible.
