Wednesday's weather: Wet and stormy weather conditions in some parts, cloudy and warm elsewhere

Several warnings for severe thunderstorms have been issued for various parts of the country.

According to the South African Weather Service, Orange Level 5 severe thunderstorms can be expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, Yellow Level 3 in parts of the Western Cape and Yellow Level 2 in KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings

Orange Level 5 warning: Severe thunderstorms causing damage to settlements/property, vehicles, infrastructure, and disruptions to municipal services are expected in places along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in localised damage to property and temporary structures as well as difficult driving conditions over the eastern and northern parts of the Eastern Cape and the extreme southern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Yellow Level 3 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, large amounts of small hail, and excessive lightning are expected over the Witzenberg, Breede Valley, Langeberg municipalities, and Overberg district of the Western Cape.

Fire danger warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the southern parts of the Northern Cape.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.

Pretoria: 20°C — 30°C

Johannesburg: 16°C — 28°C

Vereeniging: 19°C — 29°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east with morning drizzle, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld, where it will be hot.

Mbombela: 18°C — 28°C

Ermelo: 14°C — 29°C

Emalahleni: 16°C — 31°C

Standerton: 14°C — 32°C

Skukuza: 20°C — 34°C

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east with morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south.

Polokwane: 16°C — 32°C

Phalaborwa: 22°C — 35°C

Tzaneen: 17°C — 30°C

Musina: 23°C — 37°C

Lephalale: 22°C — 37°C

Mokopane: 17°C — 34°C

North West: Fine in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Klerksdorp: 17°C — 33°C

Potchefstroom: 17°C — 33°C

Mahikeng: 21°C — 33°C

Rustenburg: 19°C — 34°C

Vryburg: 19°C — 34°C

Free State: Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east, otherwise scattered.

Bloemfontein: 16°C — 33°C

Welkom: 17°C — 33°C

Bethlehem: 12°C — 30°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, windy and hot to very hot, with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the south-west, except along the coast and adjacent interior, where it will be cloudy and cool to warm.

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

Upington: 21°C — 37°C

Kimberley: 19°C — 35°C

De Aar: 17°C — 34°C

Alexander Bay: 14°C — 22°C

Springbok: 21°C — 29°C

Calvinia: 16°C — 32°C

Sutherland: 10°C — 28°C

Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon, except over the West Coast District. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the Overberg and Cape Winelands District.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly but strong along the south-west coast.

Cape Town: 17°C — 26°C

Vredendal: 16°C — 30°C

Riversdale: 17°C — 28°C

George: 15°C — 23°C

Worcester: 17°C — 31°C

Beaufort West: 16°C — 30°C

Oudtshoorn: 16°C — 32°C

Eastern Cape: Cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly.

Gqeberha: 17°C — 24°C

Makhanda: 15°C — 26°C

Cradock: 16°C — 34°C

Graaff-Reinet: 16°C — 29°C

East London: 16°C — 25°C

Port St Johns: 20°C — 27°C

Umtata: 18 °C — 31 °C

Komani: 15°C — 31°C

Qonce: 14 °C — 29 °C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the south-eastern interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except in the extreme north-eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, reaching strong at times.

Durban: 21°C — 28°C

Richards Bay: 22°C — 30°C

Pietermaritzburg: 17°C — 32°C

Ladysmith: 15°C — 32°C

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.

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