Disruptive rain, which may lead to flooding, and very cold, windy conditions are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape, with snow in parts, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Isolated thundershowers are forecast for the rest of the country, except in Limpopo, where fine and cool to warm conditions are expected.

Impact-based warnings

Orange Level 8 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and bridges, danger to life due to fast-moving streams and rivers, and causing major roads to be closed is expected over the eastern parts of the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape, as well as the South Coast of the Eastern Cape up to KuGompo (East London).

Orange Level 5 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to danger to life, flooding and displacements of settlements, as well as mudslides, is expected between KuGompo and Morgan Bay (south of the Wild Coast).

Yellow Level 4 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of settlements, roads and bridges, as well as susceptible areas, is the eastern parts of the Western Cape, excluding the extreme south-eastern parts.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive rainfall, leading to localised flooding of roads and susceptible areas, is expected over Theewaterskloof and Langeberg local municipalities in the Western Cape, as well as the central and western interior of the Eastern Cape, and in places in the eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snow, leading to icy roads and traffic disruptions, is expected over the northern high-lying areas of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 4 warning: Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea, as well as small vessels taking on water, are expected between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves are expected, leading to small vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing, as well as difficulty in navigation, between Plettenberg Bay and KuGompo.

In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation. SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, level 5 is medium and Level 4 and 8 is low.

Advisories

Very cold, wet, and windy conditions are expected over the Eastern Cape, the central and eastern interior of the Western Cape, as well as the southern parts of the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape. Light snowfall is expected over the mountain tops of the central and eastern Western Cape and the higher-lying areas of southern Namakwa.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches over the Lowveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be warm over the Lowveld.

Limpopo: Partly cloudy in the south-west, otherwise fine and cool to warm.

North-West: Cloudy, windy and cool to cold with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State: Cloudy, windy and cold to very cold with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the south-west.

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the far west, otherwise cloudy, windy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and thundershowers.

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

Western Cape: Partly cloudy in the extreme west, where it will be cool, otherwise cloudy and cold with isolated to scattered showers and rain, but widespread in the east. It will be very cold in the Central Karoo with light snow over the high-lying areas.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold to very cold with widespread showers and thundershowers, with snow on the high-lying areas in the north.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly, becoming southerly at times.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold to very cold with widespread showers and thundershowers with snow on the high-lying areas.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly, becoming southerly at times in the south, otherwise moderate to fresh westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold, but warm in the north-east, where it will be partly cloudy. Widespread showers and thundershowers are expected, but scattered in the northern parts.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming southerly to south-westerly south of Durban from late morning, spreading to Richards Bay in the evening.

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