Thursday Weather: October hits a cold front, showers



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Motorists drive on flooded roads during heavy rains.

Motorists drive on flooded roads during heavy rains.

The most inclement weather will usher in October on Thursday, according to the South African Weather Service, as high winds, rain and the possibility of localized flooding and thunderstorms were forecast.

Impact-based warnings

– A yellow warning for wind is possible with localized damage to infrastructure in the southern part of the Namakwa district (North Cape) and Central Karoo (Western Cape).

– A yellow rain warning is expected with potential impacts, including localized flooding of susceptible settlements and roads over the Overberg and Garden Route (Western Cape) districts.

– A yellow warning is expected for waves with possible navigation difficulties and localized interruptions in beachfront activities between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay.

– A yellow warning is expected for severe thunderstorms with possible flooding of susceptible low-lying areas, traffic disruption due to reduced visibility and damaging strong winds that may cause some damage to informal settlements above Pixley Ka-Seme Township in Mpumalanga, as well as in Zululand and Umkhanyakude Municipalities in KZN.

The weather in your province

Gauteng It will be partly cloudy with showers in the morning, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered afternoon showers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Mpumalanga It will be cloudy and cool with isolated showers, becoming partly cloudy in the lowveld where it will be hot.

Scattered showers and downpours expected in the afternoon, but widespread in the southeast.

Limpopo It will be cloudy and cool to warm with showers and isolated showers, clearing from the northeast where warm conditions are expected.

Scattered afternoon showers are expected in the south.

the northwest It will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers, but isolated in the west.

Conditions in the Free State It will be partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers, but isolated in the west.

the North Cape It will be fine and cool, but cold in the south with morning frosts, but warm in the northeast.

Wind along the coast will be cool to strong from south to southeast.

the west cape It will be fine in the west and northeast in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but cold in the southwest, where it will be raining from the afternoon, spreading to the southeast at night.

Wind along the coast will be light to moderate from west to southwest in the south, cool to strong from late afternoon to early evening, otherwise cool to strong from south to southeast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is moderate.

The western half of the Eastern Cape It will be cloudy and cool with light rain to the south of Darlington Dam, spreading north at night.

The wind along the coast will be cool to strong from the southeast.

The eastern half of the Eastern Cape will be cloudy with scattered showers and downpours.

The wind along the coast will be cool to strong from the southeast.

KwaZulu-Natal It will be partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with scattered but widespread showers and showers in the north.

Wind along the coast will be moderate from northeast to north of Margate at first, otherwise moderate to cool from southwest.

The expected UVB sunburn index is low.

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The forecast for October 1.

Compiled by Kamva Somdyala

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