It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot and very hot in parts of South Africa.

A partly cloudy day with warm to hot temperatures has been forecast by the South African Weather Service, as alerts for thunderstorms and persistently high temperatures brought on by a heatwave remain in place.  

Impact-based warning 

A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with possible strong winds, large amounts of small hail and heavy downpours remains in place for some of the north-eastern parts of the Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga Highveld. Conditions are expected to lead to localised and short-term disruption to municipal and other essential services, with a possibility of trees being blown over.

Fire danger warning

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in the Inxuba Yethemba, Raymond Mhlaba and northern Dr Beyers Naude municipalities of the Eastern Cape, as well as western parts of Free State, western and southern parts of North West, the extreme north-eastern parts of Western Cape and the Northern Cape, except the western parts.

Advisory

A heatwave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the western parts of North West, the western and central parts of the Free State, and the eastern parts of the Northern Cape until Saturday.

The weather in your region  

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high. 

It will be cloudy in the morning with drizzle over the escarpment of Mpumalanga, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot conditions are expected in the Lowveld, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers everywhere except the Lowveld, where it will be hot.

Limpopo can expect cloudy conditions in the morning with drizzle over the escarpment, otherwise it will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the south-western parts.

The North West will be cloudy in the east at first, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

It will be cloudy in the eastern parts of the Free State at first, where it will become partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot conditions are forecast for the western parts of the province. 

Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions are expected along the coast and adjacent interior of the Northern Cape, otherwise it will be fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in the north. It will be windy in the south.

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

Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool conditions are expected along the south coast of the Western Cape, otherwise it will be fine and warm to hot, but very hot in places over the eastern interior.

The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly along the south coast at first, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

It will be fine and warm to hot in the western half of the Eastern Cape, becoming cloudy along the coast with evening rain in places, and partly cloudy in the southern interior.

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

The eastern half of the province will be fine, becoming cloudy in the evening with light rain in places south of the escarpment.

The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot conditions are expected in the north. Isolated showers and thundershowers are also expected.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh north-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.