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Tuesday's weather: Warm day, but expect severe thunderstorms in parts of Free State, KZN

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Thundershowers are expected in parts of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
Thundershowers are expected in parts of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
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The South African Weather Service has issued warnings for severe thunderstorms in parts of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings:

A. A Yellow level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised damage to property and short-term disruption to municipal services is expected over the eastern parts of the Free State and the southern and south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal. 

The weather in your region:

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers in the south from the afternoon, spreading to the central parts in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

In Mpumalanga, morning fog patches on the Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the Highveld. It will be hot in places on the Lowveld.

It will be partly cloudy and warm to hot in Limpopo, becoming fine in the west and south.

The North West will be fine in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the north-east.

The Free State will also be fine in the east at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east.

In the Northern Cape, it will be cloudy in the west and south-west at first, otherwise fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the east with isolated thundershowers in the north-east. It will be hot in places in the north.

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

In the Western Cape, it will be fine and warm over the eastern parts, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but cloudy in the south-west with light morning rain.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong westerly to north-westerly becoming moderate south-westerly in the west and south-west from the afternoon but strong in the south.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

It will be partly cloudy at first in the Eastern Cape, otherwise fine and warm, but windy in the north.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

The eastern half of the province will be partly cloudy and warm, becoming cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal will have morning fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme north-east but scattered in the south and west. It will be hot in the north-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly from the south by late afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

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