The weather service says
Much of South Africa will see warm to hot weather on Friday, while thundershowers are also predicted – especially in the North West.issued a yellow level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in heavy downpours, excessive lightning, damaging winds and large amounts of small hail over the eastern North West Province.
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most parts of Northern Cape, Central Karoo and Langeberg municipalities of Western Cape, north-western parts of Free State and in places over Dr Beyers Naude, and Walter Sisulu Local Municipalities of the Eastern Cape.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to south-easterly becoming light to moderate westerly to south-westerly from the afternoon reaching fresh to strong in places.Morning fog in places over the interior and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm but hot in places in the north-west.
The wind along the coast will be light southeasterly in the extreme north in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong north-easterly.Tropical storm Filipo to miss most of SA, rainfall possible