Monday’s weather: Higher than average maximum temperatures expected in parts of the country

Heatwave conditions resulting in persistently high temperatures that exceed the average maximums are expected.

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the western parts of the North West, parts of the Northern Cape, and western parts of the Free State, as well as the interior of the West Coast District, Cape Winelands and Kannaland Local Municipalities in the Western Cape.

Advisories

Heatwave conditions resulting in persistently high temperatures that exceed the average maximums are expected over the western parts of the Free State, north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, and south-western parts of the North West on Monday.

These conditions will spread and include the central parts of the Free State and the south-eastern parts of the North West on Tuesday, but the whole of the North West from Wednesday, persisting until Saturday.

Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over most of the Western Cape and Namakwa District in the Northern Cape, persisting into Tuesday over the eastern parts of these regions.

The weather in your province

Gauteng will be cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.

Mpumalanga can expect cloudy conditions with morning fog patches along the escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and warm from the west by the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered along the escarpment and eastern Highveld, excluding the Lowveld where it will be hot.

In Limpopo, it will be cloudy, becoming partly cloudy and hot, but very hot in the Limpopo Valley by the afternoon.

Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the south-central and western parts.

Partly cloudy and hot to very hot conditions are expected in the North West, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

It will be cloudy in the east of the Free State at first with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but fine in the south-west.

Isolated thundershowers are expected in the east.

There will be morning fog patches along the coast of the Northern Cape where it will be warm, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the north-eastern parts.

It will be extremely hot in the north-western interior.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly.

The Western Cape will experience fog in places along the south coast and Breede Valley in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places over the interior.

The wind along the coast will be strong easterly to south-easterly in the south, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be cloudy with fog in places over the interior at first, otherwise fine and hot but warm along the coast.

The wind along the coast will be light north-easterly in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong easterly.

In the eastern half, it will be cloudy and cool with morning light rain in places along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior, otherwise fine and warm becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in the north-east.

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

KwaZulu-Natal will experience morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly, becoming easterly to north-easterly from the south in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Monday’s temperatures.