Discover out what the newest climate forecast from the SA Climate Service means on your area for Monday, 18 Might 2026.
The South African Climate Service (Saws) has issued a yellow stage 2 warning for damaging coastal winds between Desk Bay and Cape Agulhas from Monday night into Tuesday.
The robust winds are more likely to create tough navigation circumstances at sea, whereas components of the Western Cape might additionally expertise rain, showers and doable thundershowers.
Elsewhere within the nation, cool to heat circumstances are anticipated, with remoted showers forecast for a number of provinces, together with Gauteng, Limpopo, the Free State and North West.
Monday’s climate forecast
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and funky with remoted afternoon thundershowers doable within the excessive south-west. The anticipated UVB sunburn index: Excessive.
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and funky to heat climate with remoted showers within the northern Lowveld.
Limpopo: Cloudy within the north within the morning, in any other case partly cloudy and funky to heat with remoted showers over the Western Bushveld, Limpopo Valley and the Lowveld.
North West: Morning fog patches in locations, in any other case partly cloudy and funky, with remoted showers over the central and southern components.
Free State: Partly cloudy and funky climate, with remoted showers and thundershowers over the central and western components.
Coastal provinces
Northern Cape: Fog alongside the coast within the Alexander Bay space within the morning and once more within the night, in any other case partly cloudy and funky to heat, with remoted showers, besides within the north-east, the coast and the adjoining inside. The wind alongside the coast will probably be average to contemporary south-easterly.
Western Cape: Morning fog patches over the southern components, in any other case cloudy to partially cloudy and funky to heat, with remoted rain and showers over the southern components from mid-morning, however showers and thundershowers over the jap and southern components from the night.
The wind alongside the south coast will probably be mild and variable within the morning, in any other case contemporary to robust south-easterly to easterly, reaching Gale drive alongside the south-west coast from the night. The anticipated UVB sunburn index: Very Excessive.
Western half of the Jap Cape: Partly cloudy and funky with an opportunity of sunshine rain and showers alongside the coast and western inside later within the day. The wind alongside the coast will probably be mild to average south-easterly.
Jap half of the Jap Cape: High quality and funky, changing into partly cloudy within the south-west within the afternoon. The wind alongside the coast will probably be mild to average south-westerly.
KwaZulu-Natal: High quality and funky however heat climate within the east. The wind alongside the coast will probably be mild to average northerly to northeasterly.
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