{"id":40391,"date":"2022-11-18T22:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/saturdays-weather-severe-thunderstorms-expected-over-mpumalanga-highveld"},"modified":"2022-11-18T22:42:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:42:01","slug":"saturdays-weather-severe-thunderstorms-expected-over-mpumalanga-highveld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/saturdays-weather-severe-thunderstorms-expected-over-mpumalanga-highveld","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s weather: Severe thunderstorms expected over Mpumalanga Highveld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours over the Highveld of Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape and Mangaung District Municipality in the Free State.<\/p>\n<p><b>The weather in your region:<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Gauteng<\/b> will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index is low.<\/p>\n<p>The east of <b>Mpumalanga<\/b> will be cloudy with scattered showers.<\/p>\n<p>There will be morning fog patches along the southern escarpment.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the province will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>It will be extremely hot on the Lowveld.<\/p>\n<p><b>Limpopo<\/b> will be partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the <b>North West.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Partly cloudy, windy and warm conditions will prevail in the <b>Free State<\/b>, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.<\/p>\n<p>Morning mist will occur over the south and south-western parts of the <b>Northern Cape<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the province will be fine and cool to warm, but it will be partly cloudy in the north.<\/p>\n<p>There will be light morning showers in places in the extreme north-east.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>Western Cape<\/b> will be cloudy at first, with light rain and isolated showers over the south-western parts, becoming fine and cool from the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It will be partly cloudy with light rain along the south coast.<\/p>\n<p>The west coast and Breede Valley will be warm.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh west to north-westerly at first, but south to south-westerly north of Cape Columbine, spreading to the east by the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.<\/p>\n<p>The western half of the <b>Eastern Cape<\/b> will be cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and rain in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern half of the province will be cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers are expected along the Wild Coast. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.<\/p>\n<p>Morning fog will occur in places over the interior of <b>KwaZulu-Natal<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the province will be partly cloudy to cloudy and warm to hot, but cool in the south-east.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, but there will be isolated showers in the west.<\/p>\n<p>The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly in the extreme north, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.<\/p>\n<p>The expected UVB sunburn index is low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours over the Highveld of Mpumalanga. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape and Mangaung District Municipality in the Free State. 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