The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a forecast for Thursday, February 6, 2025, predicting thunderstorms, heavy rain, and strong winds across various regions. Yellow level 2 warnings have been issued for severe thunderstorms with potential for flooding and infrastructure damage in Gauteng, the Free State, North West, and KwaZulu-Natal. The forecast also includes warnings for damaging winds and waves along the coast, and extremely high fire danger conditions in the Northern Cape and North West.
The South African Weather Service has released its latest weather forecast for Thursday, 6 February 2025.
Thunderstorms, heavy rain, and strong winds are forecast for parts of SA, with fire danger warnings in some regions. Here’s what you need to know.Isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers are expected over the central & eastern parts, but they will be widespread over the eastern half of the Eastern Cape & the southern areas of KZN.
Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements and roads is expected over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal. A yellow level 2 warning was issued.The weather services also warned of damaging winds and waves, leading to difficulty in navigation at sea, which is expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas, spreading to Plettenberg Bay on Friday.
WEATHER FORECAST SOUTH AFRICA THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN STRONG WINDS FLOODING WARNINGS FIRE DANGER NAVIGATIONAL HAZARDS
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