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WEATHER: Disruptive rain leading to flooding expected in multiple parts of SA
Struggling to decide what to wear? Here’s what the weather has in store for South Africa’s nine provinces on Thursday, 20 February.
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Weather conditions and UVB forecast
Gauteng
Temperature: Morning fog in places in the morning, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Gauteng rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 18 178 square kilometres.
Where does Gauteng rank in population among South Africa’s provinces?
Gauteng is the biggest in terms of population, with an estimated 16 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Gauteng?
The administrative capital of the province is Pretoria, which is situated at 25°44′46″S 28°11′17″E.
Mpumalanga
Temperature: Morning fog patches over the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Mpumalanga rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the second smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 76 495 square kilometres.
Where does Mpumalanga rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Mpumalanga is the sixth most populous, with an estimated 4.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Mpumalanga?
The capital and largest city in the province is Mbombela (formerly known as Nelspruit), which is situated at 25°27′57″S 30°59′07″E.
Limpopo
Temperature: Morning fog patch over the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does Limpopo rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 125 754 square kilometres.
Where does Limpopo rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
Limpopo is the fifth most populous, with an estimated 5.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of Limpopo?
The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, which is situated at 23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E.
North West
Temperature: Cloudy and cool with widespread showers and thundershowers.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the North West rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the sixth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 104 882 square kilometres.
Where does the North West rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The North West is the seventh most populous, with an estimated 4.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the North West?
Its capital is Mahikeng (formerly known as Mafikeng), which is situated at 25°51′56″S 25°38′37″E.
Free State
Temperature: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Free State rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the third largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 825 square kilometres.
Where does the Free State rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Free State is the second smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 2.9 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Free State?
Formerly known as the Orange Free State, its capital and biggest city is Bloemfontein, South Africa’s judicial capital. It is situated at 29°07′S 26°13′E.
Northern Cape
Temperature: Morning and evening foggy conditions along the coast and adjacent interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but cloudy and widespread in the east.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to north-westerly.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Northern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 372 889 square kilometres.
Where does the Northern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Northern Cape is the smallest in terms of population, with an estimated 1.3 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Northern Cape?
Its capital is Kimberley, which is situated at 28°44′18″S 24°45′50″E.
Western Cape
Temperature: Fine in places in the southern parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in places in the northern, eastern and south-eastern parts. It will be very hot in places in the interior.
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly along the south coast, becoming light and variable in the evening, otherwise light to moderate westerly to north-westerly becoming moderate southerly to south-westerly along the west coast.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very high
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Western Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the fourth largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 129 449 square kilometres.
Where does the Western Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Western Cape is the third most populous, with an estimated 7.2 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Western Cape?
The capital city is Cape Town, which is situated at 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E.
Eastern Cape
The Western half: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated to scattered showers thundershowers except along the coast and its adjacent interior.
The Western half – wind: The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly, but light to moderate north-easterly west of St Francis, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.
The Eastern half: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain south of the escarpment, clearing from the interior, becoming partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers along and north of escarpment.
The Eastern half – wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong in places.
DID YOU KNOW
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the second largest of South Africa’s nine provinces at 168 966 square kilometres.
Where does the Eastern Cape rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
The Eastern Cape is the fourth biggest in terms of population, with an estimated 6.7 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of the Eastern Cape?
Its capital is Bhisho, which is situated at 32°50′58″S 27°26′17″E.
KwaZulu-Natal
Temperature: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but cloudy in the north-eastern parts.
Wind: The wind along coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly becoming north-easterly from the south tomorrow late morning and spreading northwards.
The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Low
DID YOU KNOW
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the seventh largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, with an area of 94 361 square kilometres.
Where does KwaZulu-Natal rank in population size among South Africa’s provinces?
KwaZulu-Natal is the second most populous, with an estimated 11.5 million inhabitants as per the most recent census in 2020.
What is the capital of KwaZulu-Natal?
The capital city is Pietermaritzburg, which is situated at 29°37′S 30°23′E.
WEATHER ALERTS
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS
A. Orange level 6 Warning: Disruptive rain leading flooding of roads, bridges and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure and danger to life is expected over Gauteng, eastern parts of North West, extreme north-eastern parts of Free State, western Highveld in Mpumalanga and the western Bushveld in Limpopo.
B. Yellow level 2 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible bridges, roads and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure is expected over the central and parts of the North West and northern and eastern parts of Free State and over the Lowveld and eastern Highveld in Mpumalanga.
C. Yellow level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to damages to infrastructure and localised flooding of susceptible areas, roads, bridges are expected over the western and central parts of the Northern Cape.
D. Yellow level 4 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to flooding of roads, bridges and settlements, damage to property and infrastructure and danger to life is expected along the coast of KZN in the morning.
E. Yellow level 1 Warning: Damaging winds resulting in difficulty in navigation, dragging anchor and small vessels taking on water is expected between Algoa Bay and Coffee Bay.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS
NIL
ADVISORIES
NIL
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