Weather alert: What to expect on Monday

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has released its latest weather forecast for Monday, 19 May 2025.

The country can expect a mix of fog, sunshine, and shifting winds across the provinces.

Morning fog patches are forecast for parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Western Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).

Here’s what you need to know.

Weather outlook for Monday & Tuesday, 19 – 20 May 2025.
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Weather warnings, Monday, 19 May

Fire danger warnings

The weather service has warned that extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Beaufort West municipality in the Western Cape.

Advisories

An intense cold front is expected to affect the Western Cape, the Northern Cape, and the Eastern Cape from Tuesday, 20 May to Wednesday, 21 May.

The public and small stock farmers are advised that cold to very cold, wet and windy conditions with snowfall on the mountains are expected over parts of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape, on Tuesday, spreading to the Eastern Cape overnight, where very rough seas can be expected along the coast from Tuesday evening into Wednesday.

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Provincial weather forecast

Here’s what to expect in your province on Monday, 19 May:

Gauteng:

Residents of Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and cool temperatures, but warm in places in the north.

The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is “high”.

Mpumalanga:

Mpumalanga residents will wake up to morning fog patches in the Lowveld, where it will be hot in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

Limpopo:

Morning fog patches are also expected in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

North West:

Residents in the North West will experience partly cloudy and cool to warm weather

Free State:

Free State residents will experience partly cloudy and cool to warm weather.

Northern Cape:

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. Additionally, the wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly.

Western Cape:

Western Cape residents can expect morning fog along the west coast, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm but cloudy in the extreme south-west with a chance of light rain from the evening.

Coastal winds will be moderate easterly to north-westerly along the west coast but fresh to strong in the south-west.

Otherwise, the winds along the coast will be moderate westerly along the south coast, where it will become light north-easterly in the afternoon

The UVB sunburn index is expected to be low.

Eastern Cape (western half):

In the western half of the Eastern Cape, it will be cool in places along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, becoming cloudy with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers in the west.

Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Eastern Cape (eastern half):

In the eastern half of the Eastern Cape, it will be partly cloudy and warm, but cool in places in the north.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly at first, otherwise light and variable, becoming moderate south-westerly in the afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal:

KZN will experience morning fog in the extreme north-east, otherwise fine and cool to warm temperatures.

Coastal winds will be light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming light and variable in the south from the evening.

The UVB sunburn index is expected to be low.

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