🌞 *Your Travellers* WEATHER 🌞 FORECAST FOR TODAY:
*Thursday 03 September 2026*
🟥 *Severe Weather Alerts*
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 4* Warning: Damaging wind and waves leading to disruption of ports/harbours and danger to navigation at sea is expected between Alexander Bay and Plettenberg Bay until Friday.
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 4* Warning: Damaging winds leading to interruptions to power, communication and/or other utilities and services, damage to settlement, injuries and danger to life from flying debris, problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds, is expected over the Namakwa district (N.
Cape), the Cape Winelands and the Central Karoo districts (W.
Cape) until Friday.
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 4* Warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and settlements and major disruption of traffic flow is expected over the eastern parts of the Overberg district, the Garden Route, Langeberg and Laingsburg municipalities of the Western Cape.
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 2* Warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to localised flooding of settlements, roads, low lying areas and bridges is expected in places along the south coast and the eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 2* Warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to localized wind and hail damages to structures, falling trees and local fire incidents due to excessive lightning expected over the western parts of the Free State.
🟡 *YELLOW LEVEL 2* Warning: Damaging winds leading to damage to temporary structures, damage to settlements, transport routes and travel services affected by wind, is expected over the western parts of Western Cape from the afternoon into Friday as well as over the northern interior of Eastern Cape.
🔥 FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected and possible over the central parts of the country, including most parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
👁️ *Weather Advisories*
Cold to very cold, wet and windy conditions can be expected in places over the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the interior of the Western Cape on Friday (04/09/2026).
🌤️ *Major City Forecasts*
◾ *GAUTENG PROVINCE*
▪️ *Pretoria*
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/27
_UVB Sunburn Index_ : High
▪️ *Johannesburg*
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 9/26
▪️ *Vereeniging*
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/26
◾ *MPUMALANGA PROVINCE*
▪️ *Mbombela/Nelspruit*
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28
◾ *LIMPOPO PROVINCE*
▪️ *Polokwane*
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/28
◾ *NORTH-WEST PROVINCE*
▪️ *Mahikeng*
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/29
▪️ *Vryburg*
Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/30
◾ *FREE STATE PROVINCE*
▪️ *Bloemfontein*
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/28
◾ *NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE*
▪️ *Kimberley*
Partly cloudy and windy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/29
▪️ *Upington*
Partly cloud and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/21
◾ *WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE*
▪️ *Cape Town*
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from late morning.
_Wind:_ Light easterly to north-easterly in the morning, becoming strong to near gale-force south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/16
_UVB Sunburn Index_ : Low
▪️ *George*
Cloudy with widespread showers and rainfall.
_Wind:_ Light westerly in the morning, becoming fresh to strong south-easterly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/15
◾ *EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE*
▪️ *Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)*
Cloudy with widespread showers and rainfall.
_Wind:_ Moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/19 KuGOMPO CITY:Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with widespread showers and rainfall.
_Wind:_ Moderate south-westerly, becoming strong southerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/22
◾ *KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE*
▪️ *Durban*
Morning fog patches, otherwise fine.
_Wind:_ Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly by the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/35
_UVB Sunburn Index_ : Very High
▪️ *Richards Bay*
Fine.
_Wind:_ Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/36
▪️ *Pietermaritzburg*
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/34
This forecast was issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS)
Forecast Issued: 04:57:39 - Thursday 3 September 2026
