Thunderstorms across the country expected on Saturday

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms across the provinces on Saturday.

The thunderstorms could lead to large amounts of small hail, strong winds and excessive lightning and flooding in places over Gauteng, North West, Free State, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape.

SAWS has also warned of wind leading to difficulty in navigation at sea between Dassen Island and Hermanus where the build-up of sand is possible on the False Bay coastal routes.

High fire danger conditions are expected over the Kamiesberg municipality of the Northern Cape and entire West Coast district of the Western Cape.

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Saturday’s weather forecast

Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: High.

Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the central and south-western parts.

Limpopo: Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the southern parts.

North West: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Free State: Morning fog patches in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated along the Lesotho boarder.

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot over the interior, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-eastern parts. It will be fine in the south-west. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.

Western Cape: Partly cloudy along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fine and warm along the south coast, but extremely hot over the West Coast District interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast, otherwise south-easterly to southerly but strong to near gale along the south-west coast. The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy in places at first, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh easterly from late morning.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool but warm in places, clearing in the west. Isolated thundershowers are expected in places over the northern interior. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, but fresh in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool but warm in places in the east. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected. The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming easterly to north-easterly from the south. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.

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