Saturday's weather: Fine for most regions, but rainfall for some

News24

09-05-2025

Expect fine and sunny conditions across most parts of the country, with warm to hot temperatures during the day, according to the South African Weather Service.
Coastal regions such as Cape Town and George may experience some wind and rain, while Durban and Richards Bay will see scorching temperatures.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and possible damage to informal settlements are expected between Saldanna Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
Yellow Level 4 warning: Damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea for small vessels and personal watercraft are expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea and possible damage to informal settlements are expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and East London.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation and small vessels taking on water and possibly capsising within a locality are expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth from the evening, spreading to Port Edward.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes are expected over the southern parts of the Northern Cape, the central and the eastern parts of the Western Cape, as well as the central and the northern parts of the Eastern Cape.
Advisories
Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and the Witzenberg local municipality in the Western Cape.
Strong to gale force north-westerly winds are expected in places over Chris Hani and Joe Gqabi district municipalities in the Eastern Cape, while westerly to south-westerly winds accompanied with rough seas are expected in places along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Peddie until Sunday.
Rainfall & severe weather charts for today & tomorrow, 9 - 10 May 2025.
Isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers are expected over the south western interior, with possible damaging winds tomorrow, 10 May 2025. #saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/OFg1hlCI74
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) May 9, 2025
Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Free State: Fine.
Pretoria: 10°C — 25°C
Johannesburg: 6°C — 23°C
Vereeniging: 7°C — 24°C
Mbombela: 12°C — 26°C
Polokwane: 9°C — 25°C
Mahikeng: 10°C — 25°C
Vryburg: 7°C — 26°C
Bloemfontein: 6°C — 24°C
Northern Cape: Fine and windy.
Kimberley: 9°C — 26°C
Upington: 10°C — 26°C
Western Cape: Cloudy and windy with scattered showers and rain. Expect strong to near-gale force west to north-westerly wind, moderating from late afternoon.
Cape Town: 14°C — 19°C
George: 13°C — 23°C
Eastern Cape: Fine becoming partly cloudy, but cloudy from the evening.Wind: Light north-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming strong in the evening.
Gqeberha: 13°C — 24°C
East London: 17°C — 26°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Fine with light to moderate northerly to north-westerly wind, becoming north-easterly from late morning.
Durban: 19°C — 30°C
Richards Bay: 18°C — 32°C
Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 29°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.