Thursday&#x2019s weather: Light rain, cloudy and cold conditions in most regions

The SAWS has forecast light rain and cold conditions for at least seven provinces.

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Light rain and cold conditions are forecast for at least seven provinces,according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

A warning of damaging winds has been issued for some parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds in KwaZulu-Natal (Port Edward to Kosi Bay),which may result in localised disruption in small harbours or ports,risk of small vessels taking on water or capsizing,and difficulty in navigation expected.

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In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system,yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness.

SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Level 1 is medium,Levels 2 and 6 are high,and Level 4 is low.

WHAT IS AN IMPACT-BASED WEATHER WARNING?

How often do you come across news reports suggesting that the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued an Impact-Based Weather Warning of a certain level and a particular colour-coding? What does it mean?

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Weather in your province

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 Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool.

Pretoria: 9° — 19°

Johannesburg: 8° — 18°

Vereeniging: 7° — 18°

Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cold to cool with chances of light rain in the east,clearing to partly cloudy skies in the evening.

Mbombela: 11° — 17°

Ermelo: 7° — 16°

Emalahleni: 7° — 17°

Standerton: 5° — 18°

Skukuza: 13° — 20°

Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cold to cool,with a possibility of light rain in the eastern regions.

Polokwane: 9° — 17°

Phalaborwa: 14° — 19°

Tzaneen: 11° — 18°

Musina: 12° — 23°

Lephalale: 9° — 22°

Mokopane: 9° — 20°

North-West: Partly cloudy and cool.

Klerksdorp: 6° — 20°

Potchefstroom: 7° — 20°

Mahikeng: 8° — 20°

Rustenburg: 9° — 20°

Vryburg: 7° — 22°

Free State: Partly cloudy and cold to cool. Isolated evening showers and thundershowers are expected in the southern areas.

Bloemfontein: 5° — 20°

Welkom: 7° — 20°

Bethlehem: 5° — 17°

Northern Cape: Fine in the west with coastal evening fog. Partly cloudy and cool to warm elsewhere,with isolated evening showers and thundershowers over central and south-eastern parts. Light to moderate south to south-westerly wind is expected along the coast.

Upington: 7° — 24°

Kimberley: 6° — 23°

De Aar: 5° — 21°

Alexander Bay: 9° — 22°

Springbok: 12° — 22°

Calvinia: -1° — 20°

Sutherland: -4° — 18°

Western Cape: Fine and cool to cold with morning frost in some interior regions. Light to moderate north-easterly winds in the south and south-west,turning south to south-westerly in the west.

Cape Town: 11° — 19°

Vredendal: 6° — 23°

Riversdale: 5° — 21°

George: 5° — 19°

Worcester: 6° — 21°

Beaufort West: 5° — 23°

Oudtshoorn: 5° — 19°

Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches south of the escarpment. Fine and cool,becoming partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in the north.

Gqeberha: 10° — 21°

Makhanda: 7° — 20°

Cradock: 0° — 22°

Graaff-Reinet: 0° — 24°

East London: 11° — 22°

Port St Johns: 13° — 23°

Mthatha: 4° — 21°

Komani: 0° — 21°

Qonce: 8° — 23°

KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy and cool to cold,with isolated showers and rainfall along the coast; otherwise,there will be a clearing trend to partly cloudy conditions by the afternoon. Light to moderate south-westerly winds south of Mandeni; otherwise,moderate to fresh south-easterly,shifting to easterly to north-easterly in the afternoon.

Durban: 17° — 21°

Richard’s Bay: 17° — 22°

Pietermaritzburg: 10° — 21°

Ladysmith: 9° — 20°

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.