A pleasant early-spring day continues across most of the country, with mostly clear skies over Johannesburg, Durban, Polokwane, Mbombela and Mahikeng, while Cape Town sits under high-level cloud and both Gqeberha and Bloemfontein stay partly cloudy. The one spot to watch is the Northern Cape, where Kimberley can expect showers and thundershowers, and with six weather advisories currently in place from the South African Weather Service, it’s worth keeping an eye on official updates through the afternoon. Tomorrow looks set to bring more of the same generally settled conditions, though those in the Northern Cape should stay alert for further unsettled weather.
⚠️ Weather Warnings TL;DR
- Weather Advisory (Warning Advisory) – Grabouw, Garies and 10 more areas, valid until 23:59 on 3 September.
No new or upgraded warnings since this morning.
🗓️ Weather Warnings and Advice for the Days Ahead
Impact-Based Warnings for Thursday-Friday (3-4/09/2026)
- Yellow Level 4 Warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and settlements, and major disruption of traffic flow are expected over the Overberg and Garden Route District Municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday.
- Yellow level 4 warning: Damaging wind leading to damage to temporary structures and settlement, injuries and danger to life from flying debris, transport routes and travel services affected is expected over the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape as well as parts of the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and the Little Karoo District Municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday afternoon into Friday.
- Yellow level 4 warning: Damaging Wind and Waves leading to disruption of ports/harbours, danger to navigation at sea are expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenburg Bay from Thursday.
Fire Danger Warnings
- Extremely High Fire Danger conditions are expected in places over the eastern half of the Northern Cape as well as the south-eastern parts of the Free State.
Advisories
- An intense Cut-Off Low (COL) is expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape provinces from Thursday into Friday (03-04 September 2026). The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet and windy conditions, as well as disruptive rainfall, damaging interior winds and damaging coastal winds and waves can be expected.
Source: South African Weather Service severe weather alerts.
Looking to Tomorrow
Tomorrow brings a mix of bright and unsettled conditions across South Africa, with clear skies over Gauteng, partly cloudy weather in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, and showers and thundershowers rolling through the Eastern Cape. The Free State sees the chilliest start at 7°C, while Gauteng climbs to a warm high of 28°C.
From the Weather Community
Forecast data: South African Weather Service (weathersa.co.za).