Cloudy and warm conditions expected across the country

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It will be a cloudy start to Friday, with conditions expected to warm up throughout the day, according to the South African Weather Service.

The following fire danger warning has been issued:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and northern parts of the Northern Cape and the Kannaland Municipality of the Western Cape.

Advisory for Friday:

An intense cold-front is expected to affect the Western Cape and Namakwa District (Northern Cape) from Sunday until Monday.

The public and small stock farmers are advised that damaging coastal and interior winds, disruptive rain, and damaging waves can be expected.

Weather in your region:

It will be partly cloudy and warm in Gauteng, with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the central and southern parts.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Mpumalanga will be cloudy in the east with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers in the Highveld.

Expected condition in Limpopo is cloudy in the east with morning drizzle and fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers over the southern parts.

Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thundershowers in the extreme south is expected for Friday in the North West.

In the Free State, morning fog patches in the east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers.

Northern Cape will experience cloudy and warm conditions along the coast with fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers over the central and south-eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly to westerly.

The Western Cape will be partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm, with morning fog and drizzle along the west and south-west coast and the adjacent interior. It will be sunny over the central parts from the afternoon while isolated showers and thundershowers are expected over the extreme north-eastern parts where it will be hot to very hot.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly east of Cape Agulhas at first, becoming fresh to strong westerly to south-westerly from the west, otherwise light to moderate north-westerly to westerly reaching fresh to strong between Yzerfontein and Cape Agulhas until late afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

Expect a partly cloudy and hot to very hot day in the Eastern Cape, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in places along the coast.

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

KwaZulu-Natal is expected to be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-westerly in the north in the morning, otherwise to fresh easterly to north-easterly.

The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.