The South African Weather Service (Saws) has released its latest weather forecast for Sunday, 21 December. The forecaster predicts isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over most of the country, but widespread in some places. Theweather servicehas issued a yellow level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms, leading to heavy downpours with flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, and low-lying bridges, as well as excessive lightning, strong and damaging winds, and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail in a populated area, expected in the western interior of KwaZulu-Natal.
It has also issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning, strong damaging winds and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail a populated area expected in the extreme eastern parts of Northern Cape, Free State except in the north, as well as in places over KwaZulu-Natal, except in the western interior. Lastly, another yellow level 2 warning for damaging winds, leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and localised damage to temporary structures between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of the Northern Cape and the north-western part of the Western Cape.
Here’s what to expect in your province on Sunday, 21 December: Residents of Gauteng can expect cloudy and cool to warm weather with scattered showers and thundershowers. The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is high. Mpumalanga residents can expect cloudy and cool to warm conditions with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the western Highveld.
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Cloudy and cool to warm weather is expected, becoming cloudy in the southwest. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the east. Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Residents of the Free State can expect cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
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