News24 | Saturday's weather: Severe weather warnings issued for coastal regions and Northern Cape

Coastal areas face high risks of damaging waves and winds, with small vessels warned to avoid local waters. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued multiple warnings for Saturday, including yellow-level alerts for damaging winds, and waves, particularly along the coast and in the Northern Cape.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves resulting in difficulty in navigation and small vessels taking on water and capsizing within the locality are expected along the coast between Cape Point and Plettenberg Bay.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging winds and waves resulting in difficulty in navigation and small vessels taking on water and capsizing within the locality are expected along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Port Edward.

A Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging winds resulting in localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes, power and communication interruption, and reduced visibility due to dust storms are expected over the Richtersveld, Nama-Khoi and Kamiesberg municipalities of the Northern Cape from Saturday into Sunday.

In the SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.

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

Advisories 

Poor to very poor reduced visibility due to sand and dust storms are expected over the Richtersveld, Nama-Khoi, Kamiesberg municipalities of the Northern Cape from Saturday into Sunday.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy to cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north. It will be cold in the south.

Mpumalanga: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo: Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-east in the morning.

North West: Partly cloudy and cool.

Free State: Cloudy in the northeast at first, otherwise partly cloudy and cool but cold along the Lesotho border and the south where light frost is expected.

Northern Cape: Fine and cool but cold in the south. It will be cloudy in the extreme north-eastern parts.

Western Cape: Partly cloudy along the south coast at first otherwise fine and cool.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly but light and variable along the south coast in the morning becoming moderate easterly from the afternoon.

- The SAWS has not provided Saturday's minimum and maximum temperature forecast at the time of publishing but will be added if received.