The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned of heavy downpours, fire danger and hail in the three Capes, with damaging winds in parts of the Northern and Western Cape. Here is what the weather forecast looks like for Tuesday, 16 December. Theweather servicehas issued a yellow level 2 warning severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying areas/bridges, in the central parts of the Northern Cape, extreme northeastern parts of the Western Cape, and the Eastern Cape except along the coast.
Expect excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large-sized hail. A yellow level 1 warning has also been issued for damaging winds in the central southern parts of the Northern Cape and northeastern parts of the Western Cape. These could lead to localised damage to formal and informal settlements and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds on exposed high level roads or bridges.
Saws warns of extremely high fire danger conditions in the central parts of the Northern Cape, northeastern parts of the Western Cape and northwestern parts of Eastern Cape. Expect hot and humid weather that could result in extremely uncomfortable conditions over the eastern parts of KwaZulu Natal and the interior of the Eastern Cape. Here’s what to expect in your province on Tuesday, 16 December: Residents can expect a partly cloudy and warm but hot day in the extreme north with isolated thundershowers and showers, becoming cloudy in the evening.
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