Here is the daily Vox Weather report for the 28th of August 2026.
🌕 The partial LUNAR ECLIPSE takes place early Friday morning! Keep an eye on the forecast to see where skies are expected to be clearest for viewing.
🌥️ PARTLY CLOUDY conditions are expected across most regions, with 🌧️ light rain lingering over eastern South Africa in the morning.
🌦️ A shower or thunderstorm is possible later over parts of the Southern and Eastern Cape.
🌬️ STRONG northerly winds will affect the western interior, with berg wind conditions continuing in places.
⚠️IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS issued by SAWS ⚠️
🟡 Yellow Level 2: Damaging Winds and Waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports, difficulty in navigation and localised damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected along the coast between Port Edward and Richards Bay.
🟡 Yellow Level 2: Damaging interior winds leading to localised damage to settlements and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds on exposed high-level roads are expected over the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape and the central Karoo District municipality in the Western Cape.
🔥FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:🔥
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of Northern Cape, north-eastern parts of Western Cape and the western parts of Eastern Cape.
