Here’s a summary of the weather forecast for 18 December by Vox Weather.
⛈️ A tropical low continues to draw moisture from a mid-level trough, with some of these storms likely to produce heavy rain and thundershowers overnight into Thursday across KwaZulu-Natal and parts of the north-east, including Gauteng.
⚠️IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟠 Orange Level 5: Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail are expected overnight into Thursday over KwaZulu-Natal
🟡Yellow Level 4: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours with potential to cause flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, strong damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning resulting in danger to life are expected over south-central Limpopo, northern Gauteng, western Highveld of Mpumalanga.
🟡Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over most parts of Mpumalanga, southern Gauteng, eastern and central North West, extreme eastern parts of Free State, south coast of KwaZulu- Natal, and Limpopo except in the north-east.
