Overview
- Warnings cover Gauteng, the eastern Free State, parts of Limpopo, areas of North West, and the Mpumalanga escarpment and Highveld, with SAWS also flagging northern KwaZulu-Natal today.
- SAWS cautions that storms may produce heavy downpours, localised flooding, excessive lightning and small hail.
- Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are most likely to develop from late afternoon into the evening, with higher rain chances over the eastern interior and along the east coast.
- Large parts of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and the far western interior are expected to remain dry, warm and generally stable.
- Recent 24-hour totals highlight the risk, including 57 mm in Wepener (Free State), 31 mm in Buffelsfontein (Eastern Cape) and 26 mm in Westonaria (Gauteng).