Saturday weather: Orange level 5 severe thunderstorm warning, flooding, disruptive rain and damaging winds

On Saturday, 14 November 2026, the South African Weather Service (Saws) issued a series of weather warnings, including an orange level 5 severe thunderstorm warning, yellow level 2 and 1 warnings, and an extremely high fire danger alert. Flooding from severe thunderstorms is expected over the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, and Limpopo, with damaging winds anticipated over the south-west coast and the City of Cape Town district.

Extremely high fire danger is expected in the Northern Cape and parts of the Free State, North West, and southwestern Western Cape.

Gauteng residents will experience partly cloudy weather with scattered afternoon showers and thundershowers. Mpumalanga will have cloudy conditions in the east, morning fog patches, and scattered showers and thundershowers, while Limpopo will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the north.

North West will have partly cloudy and warm to hot weather, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west. The Free State will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, turning cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east. Northern Cape weather will be fine in the west, with partly cloudy and hot to very hot conditions, warm in the south, and isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-east.

Western Cape residents will see partly cloudy conditions over central and eastern parts, fine and warm but cloudy and cool along the south coast with light rain.

The UVB sunburn index is expected to be "very high" across the region, prompting residents to take precautions against prolonged sun exposure.