Friday Weather: Thunderstorms for Gauteng, Mpumalanga as temperatures drop across the country



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Isolated showers and showers are expected tomorrow in some places.

Isolated showers and showers are expected tomorrow in some places.

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Friday brings thunderstorms to Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Free State, according to the South African Weather Service, as temperatures drop elsewhere.

Impact-based warnings

A yellow warning for thunderstorms over Mpumalanga, Free State, the East Northwest and Gauteng with heavy downpours that can result in flooding of bridges and susceptible low areas, traffic disruption, especially in the evening and morning rush hours due to poor visibility, strong winds that can cause structural damage to informal settlements, and large amounts of small hail.

Notices

A severe cold front associated with an upper cut-off low pressure system is expected to hit the Western and Northern Cape on Friday morning. The public and small ranchers are advised that high winds, light snowfall and very cold conditions can be expected.

The weather in your province

Gauteng It will be partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Mpumalanga It will be cloudy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

In LimpopoIt will be cloudy in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but cold along the escarpment with scattered showers and showers, and isolated in the far north. It will be hot in some places in the wooded savanna of the southwest.

In the northwestIt will be partly cloudy and warm with showers and showers isolated over the central parts, but scattered in the east. It’ll be fine from the west in the afternoon.

the Free State It will be cold in the east where it will be cloudy, otherwise partly cloudy and cool, but warm in the far northwest. Showers and showers are expected isolated, but scattered in the central and eastern parts.

The western parts of the North Cape It will be partly cloudy and cool to cool, but cloudy with isolated showers in the south. It will be hot in the extreme northeast.

Wind along the coast will be moderate to cool from north to northwest, and will be light from west to southwest in the afternoon.

the west cape It will be cloudy and cool to cool with isolated to scattered showers, as well as showers in the northwest in the morning and in the east at night. Snowfall can be expected over mountainous areas.

Winds along the coast will be cool to strong from southeast to south, reaching gale force south of Saldanha Bay until mid-morning, becoming moderate to cool north of Cape Columbine in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is moderate.

In the western half of the Eastern CapeIt will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

The wind along the coast will be strong from the southeast, turning cool from the east in the late afternoon.

The eastern half of the Eastern Cape will be cloudy and cold with scattered but widespread showers and showers along and south of the cliff from early afternoon.

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

KwaZulu-Natal You can expect morning fog over the otherwise cloudy and cool interior but cold over the interior with scattered showers and downpours.

The wind along the coast will be moderate from south to southeast, and will move from east to northeast from the south.

The expected UVB sunburn index is low.

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The forecast for October 2.

Compiled by Kamva Somdyala

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