GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and western parts of the Northern Cape and the central and northern parts of the Western and Eastern Cape today, Friday 14 November.
Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the eastern interior of Namakwa district in the Northern Cape.
Regional weather forecast:
Western Cape
Partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot over the eastern interior and west-coast interior. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly but moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast at first becoming southerly from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High
Western half of the Eastern Cape
Fog patches in places over the interior in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and hot, but warm in places along the coast. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly to easterly, becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain in the extreme east in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming south-westerly at night.
Impact-based warnings for Saturday and Sunday:
Yellow Level 4: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in danger to life (fast flowing streams/deep water), flooding of roads, settlements and low-lying areas, resulting in closure of some bridges and roads, damage to property and infrastructure, settlements (formal and informal), vehicles, livelihood, agricultural production and livestock is expected over the western parts of KwaZulu Natal from Saturday until Sunday.
Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, as well as large amounts of small hail over open area, damage to property and infrastructure, road flooding and low lying areas and excessive lightning are expected over the central parts of North West, in places in the Free State, central and eastern parts of KwaZulu Natal, southern parts of both Mpumalanga and Gauteng on Saturday.
These conditions are expected to persist to Sunday over the entire part of Gauteng and Mpumalanga as well as the south parts of Limpopo.
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