Tuesday looks wet across much of the country, with rain showers pushing through Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, while Cape Town sees slight rain and the interior stays cooler under partly cloudy skies. Durban holds onto the warmth at 20 to 25 degrees and Polokwane climbs to 28, but Bloemfontein starts chilly at just 8 degrees and Johannesburg tops out around 22. Several weather advisories from the South African Weather Service remain in place, so it’s worth keeping an eye on the latest updates before heading out.
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⚠️ Weather Warnings TL;DR
- Weather Advisory (Warning Advisory) – Grabouw, Garies and 10 more areas, valid until 23:59 on 14 September.
No new or upgraded warnings since this morning.
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Fire Danger Warnings
- Nil. ADVISORIES Nil.
Source: South African Weather Service severe weather alerts.
🌅 Tomorrow Across South Africa: Tuesday 15 September
Tomorrow brings a wet spread across much of South Africa, with rain showers likely in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and slight rain in the Western Cape, while the Eastern Cape and Free State stay partly cloudy. Watch for the Free State’s chilly low of 8°C, contrasting with KwaZulu-Natal’s mild, comfortable high of 25°C.
| Town | Min / Max | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Pretoria | 13° / 24°C | Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. UVB Sunburn Index: High |
| Johannesburg | 13° / 23°C | Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. VEREENIGING: Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. |
| Mbombela | 14° / 26°C | Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. |
| Polokwane | 13° / 28°C | Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers. |
| Mahikeng | 11° / 24°C | Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. |
| Vryburg | 9° / 21°C | Partly cloudy and windy with scattered showers and thundershowers. |
| Bloemfontein | 8° / 19°C | Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers. |
| Kimberley | 9° / 21°C | Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers |
| Upington | 11° / 21°C | Partly cloudy and windy. |
| Cape Town | 14° / 17°C | Partly cloudy becoming cloudy from the evening with a chance of light rain. Wind: Moderate to fresh north-westerly. UVB Sunburn Index: Moderate |
| George | 13° / 22°C | Partly cloudy. Wind: Light and variable. |
| Gqeberha | 16° / 23°C | Cloudy in the morning and evening, otherwise partly cloudy. Wind: Light northerly, becoming moderate south-westerly in evening. |
| KuGompo City | 18° / 24°C | Cloudy with a chance of early morning light rain, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Wind: Light and variable, becoming light to moderate easterly. |
| Durban | 20° / 25°C | Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-westerly by mid-morning but light and variable from the evening. UVB Sunburn Index: Low |
| Richards Bay | 20° / 29°C | Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming light and variable from the evening. |
| Pietermaritzburg | 17° / 26°C | Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. |
Source: South African Weather Service travellers forecast.
SAWS outlook for Tuesday 15 September, province by province
- Gauteng: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index: High.
- Western Cape: Cloudy and cool with a chance of evening light rain in places in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly but light and variable along the south coast. The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly but light to moderate southerly to south-westerly in the extreme south, spreading to Mtunzini by the evening. The expected UVB sunburn index: Low.
- Eastern Cape: Western half: Cloudy in places in the south-east in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-westerly in the afternoon, but light and variable in the evening. Eastern half: Cold in places in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the eastern parts. The wind along the coast will be light and variable at first, otherwise light to moderate easterly.
- Free State: Partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-west.
- Limpopo: Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west and southern parts.
- Mpumalanga: Fine in the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in extreme south. No rain is expected in the Lowveld.
- Northern Cape: Cloudy with a chance of morning light rain in places in the west, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-westerly.
Source: South African Weather Service regional forecast, issued 16:00.
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Forecast data: South African Weather Service (weathersa.co.za).