News24 | Monday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms in KZN with scattered showers, cloudy skies across SA

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Thunderstorms and scattered showers are expected in some provinces, but cloudy conditions are forecast for the rest of SA. (rbkomar/Getty Images)

According to the South African Weather Service, Monday’s weather brings severe thunderstorms to northern KwaZulu-Natal, with large hail, damaging winds, and heavy downpours expected. Scattered showers and cloudy conditions will affect several provinces, including Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and the North West. 

Impact-based warnings

A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds, and heavy downpours has been issued for the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal. This may lead to damage to formal/informal settlements and flooding of roads, low-lying areas and bridges.

The weather in your region

Gauteng: Hot in the north, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme south.

  • Pretoria 19°C — 30°C
  • Johannesburg 18°C — 28°C
  • Vereeniging 16°C — 28°C 

Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

  • Mbombela 16°C — 22°C
  • Ermelo 12°C — 27°C
  • Emalahleni 17°C — 26°C
  • Standerton 14°C — 31°C
  • Skukuza 19°C — 31°C 

Limpopo: Fine in the extreme north, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers in places in the south. It will be very hot in the Western Bushveld.

  • Polokwane 15°C — 28°C
  • Phalaborwa 14°C — 30°C
  • Tzaneen 15°C — 26°C
  • Musina 15°C — 36°C
  • Lephalale 19°C — 38°C
  • Mokopane 19°C — 35°C 

North West: Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the south-east.

  • Klerksdorp 14°C — 30°C
  • Potchefstroom 14°C — 30°C
  • Mahikeng 16°C — 31°C
  • Rustenburg 16°C — 33°C
  • Vryburg 11°C — 29°C 

Free State: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east where it will be cloudy.

  • Bloemfontein 7°C — 28°C
  • Welkom 11°C — 29°C
  • Bethlehem 9°C — 25°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the north-east with isolated showers and thundershowers, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

Coastal wind – fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

  • Upington 7°C — 27°C
  • Kimberley 8°C — 28°C
  • De Aar 9°C — 24°C
  • Alexander Bay 10°C — 21°C
  • Springbok 6°C — 23°C
  • Calvinia 4°C — 24°C
  • Sutherland -1°C — 18°C 

Western Cape: Partly cloudy along the south coast with light rain in the morning, otherwise fine and cool, but warm in the north-west.

Coastal wind – light to moderate south-westerly along the south coast in the morning, otherwise moderate south-easterly, but fresh to strong along the west and south-west coasts.

  • Cape Town 12°C — 19°C
  • Vredendal 10°C — 25°C
  • Riversdale 8°C — 20°C
  • George 9°C — 17°C
  • Worcester 7°C — 23°C
  • Beaufort West 9°C — 21°C
  • Oudtshoorn 9°C — 21°C 

Eastern Cape: Cloudy in the south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with light rain west of Cape St Francis.

Coastal wind – moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the evening.

The eastern half of the province can expect cloudy and cool to cold conditions with isolated showers and thunder-showers, but scattered in along the coast north of East London.

Coastal wind – moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly.

  • Gqeberha 12°C — 19°C
  • Makhanda 10°C — 16°C
  • Cradock 9°C — 18°C
  • Graaff-Reinet 9°C — 19°C
  • East London 14°C — 18°C
  • Port St Johns 16°C — 18°C
  • Umtata 12°C — 15°C
  • Komani 11°C — 15°C
  • Qonce 12°C — 18°C 

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the north.

Coastal wind – light to moderate easterly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the south from the afternoon.

  • Durban 17°C — 22°C
  • Richard’s Bay 18°C — 24°C
  • Pietermaritzburg 15°C — 20°C
  • Ladysmith 14°C — 23°C 

Weather and severe weather alerts for today & tomorrow, 15 – 16 September 2024.
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the eastern areas of the country, but it will be widespread over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal tomorrow.#saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/OdkCyRo21R

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) September 15, 2024

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.

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