The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned of heavy downpours in parts of the Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga on Saturday, 6 December. Theweather servicehas issued a yellow level 2 warning severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours in the Free State, southwestern parts of the North West, northeastern parts of the Northern Cape and the northern interior of the Eastern Cape as well as the Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga. Saws says this could possibly result in localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, large amounts of small hail, wind damages to infrastructure.
Expect extremely high fire danger conditions in places over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the Free State and the southwestern parts of the Western Cape. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected today over the central and eastern parts of the country. Moist air circulates into the south-eastern parts of the country from the Indian Ocean tomorrow, providing favourable conditions for showers over central and eastern parts.pic.twitter.com/vf7jCkaEqU Here’s what to expect in your province on Saturday, 6 December: Residents can expect partly cloudy and warm conditions with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure. Expect fine and warm, but hot to very hot weather in the Lowveld, becoming cloudy in afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the Lowveld. It will be fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.
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