Here’s a summary of the weather forecast for 31 Jan – 1 Feb by Vox Weather.
🌀TROPICAL STORM FYTIA: 🌀 ⚠️Fytia is expected to hit Madagascar’s west coast overnight into Saturday morning as a tropical cyclone, then track over central parts of the country with widespread heavy rain (over 200 mm in some areas) before exiting back into the Indian Ocean by Monday. Sustained winds: 100 km/h Gusts: up to 150 km/h Central pressure: around 987 hPa The system currently holds no threat to South Africa.
🌞 Back home – a typical warm to hot summer’s weekend across South Africa, with favourable conditions for severe thunderstorms.
⛈️ These storms may result in excessive lightning, heavy downpours, hail, and strong, damaging winds across 7 provinces. ⚠️IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟡 Yellow level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail expected over central and eastern Free State, North West, Gauteng, central and western parts of KwaZulu Natal, southern parts of Mpumalanga, extreme south-western parts of Limpopo and the extreme north-eastern parts of Eastern Cape Cape.
🔥FIRE DANGER WARNINGS: 🔥 Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most parts of Northern & Western Cape.
