ADVISORIES:

1. A gale force NW/W`ly wind (35kt OR 65KM/H) is expected between Cape Point and Port Alfred on Thursday.

2. Heavy rainfall is possible in the Cape Metropole, Cape Winelands and the Overberg District on Thursday extending into Friday.

3. Very cold conditions expected over the high ground of the Western and Northern Cape on Thursday extending to the northern high ground of the Eastern Cape on Saturday.

GAUTENG

Partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Expected UVB Index: Dangerous.

MPUMALANGA

Warm in the lowveld, otherwise fine and cool becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the highveld.

LIMPOPO

Fine and warm becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the southwest.

NORTH WEST

Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.

FREE STATE

Partly cloudy and cool with isolated thundershowers clearing from the west.

NORTHERN CAPE

Isolated showers in the south-east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold but very cold on the southern high ground. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly to southerly.

WESTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold with isolated showers in the east but scattered along the south coast at first. The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly to southerly becoming north-westerly by evening.

Expected UVB index: Low.

EASTERN CAPE

Cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered along the coast and adjacent interior.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL

Partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north-east, with isolated showers and rain but scattered along the coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly in the north at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Expected UVB index: Moderate.

NAMIBIA

Fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly.

BOTSWANA

Partly cloudy and cool but warm in the north.

LESOTHO

Partly cloudy and cold with isolated showers and possible snowfalls over the eastern mountains.

SWAZILAND

Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers in the south.