News24.com | Wednesday's weather: Warm day, with fires expected in parts of Northern Cape, Western Cape

Fire warnings were issued for parts of the country.

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for damaging winds over the southern parts of the Northern Cape and central parts of the Western Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the Karoo Hoogland and Khai-Ma municipalities of the Northern Cape, as well as the south-western parts of the Cape Winelands.

The weather in your region:

Gauteng will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

It will be cloudy and cool to warm in Mpumalanga, but hot in places on the Lowveld.

There will be morning fog patches along the escarpment.

Isolated thunderstorms can be expected in the province.

Limpopo will be partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated thunderstorms in the south and extreme south-west.

Partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers will occur over the western and central parts of the North West.

The Free State will be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the northern parts.

It will be fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north-east of the Northern Cape.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh west to north-westerly

It will be partly cloudy in the west of the Western Cape, with showers and rain along the coast.

Otherwise, fine and cool to warm conditions will prevail, with moderate to fresh north-westerly coastal wind.

The wind will be strong in the south-west and moderate to fresh south-westerly along the south coast.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be partly cloudy and warm to hot.

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

It will be partly cloudy and hot in the eastern half of the province.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly by evening.

KwaZulu-Natal will be partly cloudy and warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the north.

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

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.