News24.com | Saturday's weather: Thunderstorms expected in several provinces

Thundershowers are expected across the country.

The South African Weather Service issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms over the south-western parts of Limpopo, western and southern Mpumalanga, and the central and eastern parts of the North West.

The Free State, Gauteng and parts of KwaZulu-Natal can also expect thunderstorms.

There will be damaging winds between Alexander Bay and Hermanus.

Additionally, extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the northern parts of the Northern Cape.

The weather in your region:

Gauteng will be cloudy and warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.

Morning fog patches will occur along the Mpumalanga escarpment, otherwise it will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with widespread showers and thundershowers.

There will be scattered showers in the north-east.

It will be partly cloudy and warm, with scattered showers and thundershowers in Limpopo.

The south of the province will experience widespread showers.

The North West will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming cloudy, with scattered showers and thundershowers in the west.

Widespread showers will occur in the east.

It will be cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the Free State.

There will be scattered to widespread showers in the central and eastern parts.

The Northern Cape will be fine and warm to hot, but cool in the south.

It will become partly cloudy in the east, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to southerly.

It will be cloudy to partly cloudy in the east of the Western Cape, with light showers along the south coast.

Otherwise, the province will be fine and cool to warm.

The wind along the coast will be light and variable east of Cape Agulhas, but moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be partly cloudy and cool, but there will be isolated showers and rain in the extreme east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly, becoming south-easterly from late morning.

It will be cloudy and cool to cold, with scattered showers and rain in the eastern half of the province.

Widespread thundershowers will occur in the east.

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

KwaZulu-Natal will be cloudy, with widespread showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme north-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.