The South African Weather Service reports that a heatwave is expected to persist until next week.
A heatwave advisory is currently in effect for Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, and parts of KwaZulu-Natal this weekend. Daytime temperatures are projected to exceed 35°C in many regions.
The heatwave, characterised by persistently high temperatures, is expected to continue until Sunday in certain regions.
Heatwave to continue, says SA weather service
SA weather service forecaster Edward Engelbrecht noted that it was unusual for a heatwave to last this long.
“We can expect temperatures reaching high degrees, especially in the Lowveld and western Bushveld of Limpopo. As for Gauteng, we can also expect temperatures to come back to the mid 30s, even the high 30s, in mostly the northern parts of Gauteng,” Engelbrecht told Mail & Guardian.
“It’s quite weird to see a heatwave lasting this long, because we’ve already experienced it from the beginning of this week, for the whole week, and then again from the weekend.
“It is a bit unusual that a heatwave continues for such an extended period of time and then we also see that it is looking at temperatures above 40 — it is above normal temperatures for this time of the year,” he said.
Although the SA weather service has predicted rain in Gauteng on Monday. the heatwave is set to continue for another week.
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