Thursday's weather: Storms, heatwaves to persist in multiple provinces for Human Rights Day

The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 2 warning that severe thunderstorms with hail, flooding and strong winds will remain in place for Gauteng, the eastern parts of the North West and Free State, as well as the Highveld of Mpumalanga and western parts of Kwazulu-Natal.

Meanwhile, an advisory for a heatwave has been issued due to expected high temperatures over the West Coast District in the Western Cape and western parts of the Namakwa District.

The weather in your region

Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is low.

It will be cloudy in the east with morning fog and drizzle along the escarpment in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, except in the Limpopo Valley.

Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy with cool to warm and hot temperatures and isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers.

The North West and Free State can expect partly cloudy and warm to hot temperatures, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.

Fine conditions are forecast in the extreme west of the Northern Cape.

Otherwise, partly cloudy, and warm to hot but very hot to sweltering temperatures are forecast in the south-west.

Isolated thunderstorms are expected over the eastern parts from the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be variable in the morning and evening, otherwise a light to moderate southerly to south-easterly is expected.

The Western Cape can expect partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions along the south and south-west coast and adjacent interior, with fog patches along the west coast where it will be very hot.

Otherwise, fine temperatures are forecast.

The wind along the coast will be a fresh to strong easterly to south-easterly between Slangkop and Cape Agulhas, but moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly north of Slangkop.

Otherwise, it will be light and variable.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be partly cloudy and warm, but hot in the interior.

The wind along the coast will be a moderate to fresh north-easterly.

Partly cloudy and warm temperatures are expected in the eastern half of the province, with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.

KwaZulu-Natal will have morning fog patches over the interior.

Otherwise, cloudy, and cool to warm conditions are forecast with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon, isolated in the eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be easterly to north-easterly. It will be moderate to fresh, becoming strong south of Durban by the evening.