01/09/2026
THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW: 2026-09-02
ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 05:00 SAST.
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
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IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
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Nil.
MPACT-BASED WARNINGS FOR THURSDAY-FRIDAY (3-4/09/2026)
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A. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Disruptive Rainfall leading to
flooding of roads and settlements, and major disruption
of traffic flow are expected over the Overberg and Garden
Route District Municipalities in the Western Cape on
Thursday.
B. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Damaging Wind leading to damage
to temporary structures and settlement, injuries and danger
to life from flying debris, transport routes and travel
services affected is expected over the Namakwa District
Municipality in the Northern Cape as well as parts of the
Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and the Little Karoo
District Municipalities in the Western Cape on Thursday
afternoon into Friday.
C. Yellow Level 4 Warning: Damaging Wind and Waves leading to
disruption of ports/harbours, danger to navigation at sea
are expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenburg Bay
from Thursday to Friday.
D. Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive Rain leading to localised
flooding of settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is
expected in places in places over Koukamma, Kouga and Nelson Mandela
Bay Local Municipalities on Thursday.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places in the Blouberg
Local Municipality of Limpopo, most parts of the Northern Cape except the
western parts, as well as Mohokare Local Municipality of the Free State.
ADVISORIES:
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An intense Cut-Off Low (COL) is expected to affect the Western and
Northern Cape provinces from Thursday into Friday (03-04 September
2026). The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold, wet
and windy conditions, as well as disruptive rainfall, damaging interior winds
and damaging coastal winds and waves can be expected.
1. GAUTENG:
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Fine and warm.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
2. MPUMALANGA:
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Fine and warm but hot in places on the Lowveld.
3. LIMPOPO:
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Fine and warm but hot in places on the Limpopo Valley.
4. NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the west.
5. FREE STATE:
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Fine becoming partly cloudy and warm, with isolated showers and
thundershowers in the south.
6. NORTHERN CAPE:
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Misty conditions in the morning, otherwise fine becoming partly cloudy,
windy and cool to warm but hot in the north, with isolated showers and
thundershowers in the east.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to southwesterly, becoming light to moderate westerly towards the late evening.
7. WESTERN CAPE:
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Partly cloudy to cloudy along the southern parts, with misty conditions early in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy to fine and cool to warm.
The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south, but moderate southerly along the west coast, becoming fresh south-easterly in the south-west from the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High
8. WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Morning fog in the south, otherwise fine and cool to warm becoming partly
cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming southeasterly by midday.
9. EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Morning fog in the south west, otherwise fine and cool to warm becoming
partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be light south-westerly, becoming moderate
north-easterly by evening.
10. KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the north-east with
isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-west.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate northerly to northeasterly, reaching fresh in the north at times, becoming light to moderate
southerly to south-westerly from the south.
The expected UVB sunburn index: High
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Conditions are such that the FDI index is above 75. Under these conditions fires may develop and spread rapidly, resulting in damage to property and possible loss of human and/or animal life. Warning