Sunny skies and braai a possibility tomorrow

GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - After days of flooding in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and thunderstorms and hail in other provinces, South Africans can expect calmer weather on Thursday.

Rain is only expected in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

Weather warnings, Thursday 24 October

The SA Weather Service said extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Hantam Municipality in the Western Cape, as well as the central and south-eastern parts of Northern Cape.

Here is what you can expect on Thursday:

Western Cape:

Cloudy in places along the west coast in the morning, otherwise fine and warm, but hot over the Central Karoo.

It will become partly cloudy and cool along the south coast.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly north of Lambert’s Bay at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly, but light to moderate north-easterly along the south coast in the morning.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Very high.

Eastern Cape (western half):

Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and warm becoming partly cloudy along the coast in the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly becoming fresh to strong south-westerly in the afternoon.

Eastern Cape (eastern half):

Morning fog in places south of the escarpment, otherwise fine and warm, but cool in places.

The wind along the coast will be Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the late afternoon south of East London.