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Severe thunderstorms, which may lead to flooding, hail and strong winds, are forecast in at least six provinces.
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Severe thunderstorms, which may lead to flooding, hail and strong winds, are forecast for parts of the Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).
Impact-based warnings
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and localised damage to infrastructure due to damaging winds are expected over the central and western parts of Free State and North West, eastern and south-eastern Northern Cape, the extreme western parts of Eastern Cape, and north-eastern Western Cape.
Yellow level 1 warning: Severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amounts of small hail, and localised damage to infrastructure due to damaging winds expected over the western and southern KwaZulu-Natal.
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 17 - 18 March 2026.
Partly cloudy & warm to cool conditions are expected, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers possible except over the extreme western parts from the afternoon. It will be cloudy in places in the east. pic.twitter.com/svgdbxNeDh
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, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected across most of the Eastern Cape.
Hot and humid weather will result in extremely uncomfortable conditions along the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Morning fog patches in the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 16°C — 28°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 25°C
Vereeniging: 15°C — 24°C
Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment and Highveld, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Mbombela: 18°C — 28°C
Ermelo: 13°C — 25°C
Emalahleni: 12°C — 25°C
Standerton: 13°C — 28°C
Skukuza: 20°C — 32°C
Limpopo: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Polokwane: 16°C — 26°C
Phalaborwa: 20°C — 30°C
Tzaneen: 18°C — 28°C
Musina: 20°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 17°C — 29°C
Mokopane: 16°C — 28°C
North West: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the east.
Klerksdorp: 15°C — 28°C
Potchefstroom: 16°C — 28°C
Mahikeng: 16°C — 27°C
Rustenburg: 16°C — 27°C
Vryburg: 15°C — 28°C
Free State: Morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the east.
Bloemfontein: 16°C — 28°C
Welkom: 16°C — 29°C
Bethlehem: 12°C — 26°C
Northern Cape: Morning fog patches along the north coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west.
Upington: 20°C — 33°C
Kimberley: 17°C — 28°C
De Aar: 18°C — 28°C
Alexander Bay: 19°C — 28°C
Springbok: 20°C — 30°C
Calvinia: 17°C — 29°C
Sutherland: 13°C — 25°C
Western Cape: Morning fog patches in the north-west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, except in the west.
Cape Town: 20°C — 27°C
Vredendal: 17°C — 32°C
Riversdale: 19°C — 26°C
George: 19°C — 25°C
Worcester: 21°C — 33°C
Beaufort West: 18°C — 29°C
Oudtshoorn: 20°C — 27°C
Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Cool in places in the north.
Gqeberha: 21°C — 26°C
Makhanda: 18°C — 29°C
Cradock: 16°C — 30°C
Graaff-Reinet: 17°C — 29°C
East London: 21°C — 28°C
Port St Johns: 21°C — 29°C
Mthatha: 16°C — 31°C
Komani: 16°C — 28°C
Qonce: 19°C — 29°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the southern-central and western parts.
Durban: 22°C — 30°C
Richards Bay: 22°C — 33°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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