GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - The SA Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 warning of severe thunderstorms with strong damaging winds, hail and heavy downpours expected over the eastern parts of the North West Province and Free State, extreme southern parts of Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and western KwaZulu-Natal.
Conversely, a heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape until Tuesday.
Saturday’s weather forecast
Western Cape
Cloudy with light rain over the extreme southwestern parts in the morning, otherwise fine and warm, but partly cloudy over the western parts in the morning and along the south coast from the evening.
It will be cool along the coast, but hot over the Karoo. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate west to north-westerly, but fresh to strong along the south-west coast, while south to south-westerly along the south coast during the afternoon when it will be fresh to strong.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme
Western half of the Eastern Cape
Partly cloudy and hot, but warm to cool in places along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate westerly, becoming light north-westerly in the afternoon.
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