Thunderstorms in parts of South Africa are expected to bring heavy downpours and strong wind.

Thunderstorms will result in damaging winds and heavy rains in several provinces, fire danger conditions in parts of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, as well as a persistent heatwave in the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

Impact-based warnings: 

A. A Yellow Level 2 warning has been issued for severe thunderstorms that will result in strong damaging winds, hail, and heavy downpours over the North West, excluding the extreme west and south-western parts of the province, Gauteng, the Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga, extreme north-eastern parts of the Free State and western half of KwaZulu-Natal.

B. A Yellow Level 1 warning has been issued for severe thunderstorms that will result in localised damage to property.

The thunderstorms also pose a risk to life in places over the eastern half of the Eastern Cape, except Buffalo City.

Fire danger warnings: 

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Khai-Ma and Karoo Hoogland local municipalities in the Northern Cape and Beaufort West Local Municipality in the Western Cape.

Advisory: 

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over the Mnquma, Mbhashe, Intsika Yethu, Engcobo, and the Alfred Nzo local municipalities, as well as the OR Tambo District Municipality of the Eastern Cape.

This is expected to continue into Saturday. 

The weather in your province: 

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions are expected in Mpumalanga, along with isolated to scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo can expect partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions.

It will be extremely hot in places on the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley.

Isolated thundershowers are expected in the extreme southern parts of the province.

It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot in the North West, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

The Free State will be partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

Fine and warm to hot but partly cloudy conditions are expected in the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

Morning fog patches are expected along the coast in the Western Cape, except over the west coast, otherwise, it will be cloudy and warm, becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon while clearing over the central and eastern parts in the evening.

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the north-eastern parts in the afternoon, where it will be hot in places.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh west to north-westerly, but south-westerly along the south coast, where it will be strong at times.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

It will be fine and hot but cool along the coast in the western half of the Eastern Cape, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be light easterly, becoming south-westerly in the afternoon.

The eastern half of the province will be fine and hot but warm along the coast, becoming cloudy with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog over the interior, otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated along the coast and adjacent interior.

The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.