The South African Weather Service (Saws) says Tuesday will be cloudy, cold and wet in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain and an orange level 5 warning for disruptive snow issued. Meanwhile, the weather service has released its latest weather forecast for Tuesday, 28 July 2026. Weather forecast for tomorrow, 28 July 2026: Fine in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and rain over the central and southern parts but widespread in the south-east.
Snowfalls are expected on mountain peaks.#saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/L77C1qVmX9— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) July 27, 2026 Weather warnings: Tuesday, 28 July 2026 Impact-based warnings Saws has issued an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain resulting in flooding of bridges/roads/settlements, and damage to property/infrastructure is expected in places along the coast and adjacent interior between East London and Port Edward. The weather service also issued an orange level 5 warning for disruptive snow, resulting in traffic disruptions, disruption to essential services and some communities being temporarily cut off is expected in places over the extreme north-eastern high ground of the Eastern Cape. Disruptive rain resulting in flooding of bridges/roads/settlements and damage to property/infrastructure is also expected in places along the coast and adjacent interior of KwaZulu-Natal, south of St Lucia.
A yellow level 4 warning was issued. The South African Weather Service (Saws) further issued a yellow 2 warning for disruptive rain and snow, respectively. Disruptive snow resulting in traffic disruptions, disruption to essential services and some communities being temporarily cut off is expected in places over the north-eastern high ground of the Eastern Cape.
Saws has also issued a yellow level 1 warning for damaging coastal wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea for small vessels/ personal water craft and localised disruption to beachfront activities are expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas.
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