As South Africa prepares to welcome the world for its first-ever G20 Leaders’ Summit in Gauteng this weekend, delegates can look forward to a cool, partly cloudy backdrop, with the chance of scattered showers for this historic gathering.
The weather outlook for the weekend shows partly cloudy and cool conditions for the central and eastern parts of the country.
Key economic and financial issues
“It will be warm in places in the northern parts of Limpopo, as well as into the lowveld of Mpumalanga, with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers possible from the afternoon over Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and the eastern parts of the Free State,” South African Weather Service (SAWS) Meteorologist, Lehlohonolo Thobela said on Thursday.
Global leaders will gather in Johannesburg on Saturday and Sunday to discuss key economic and financial issues under South Africa’s Presidency theme: ‘Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability’.
“The area [Gauteng] will be affected by a surface high pressure in the east, with a surface trough over the western interior of the country.
“The influence of these weather systems usually results in thundershowers over the eastern parts of the country, which is common the for spring and summer seasons. However, the weather conditions will be better than the previous week,” Thobela said.
Thundershowers possible
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are possible over Gauteng as a whole and it will be a bit windy in Johannesburg on Sunday.
The summit will be taking place at NASREC, also known as the Johannesburg Expo Centre. Weather conditions for the area are follows:
- Friday, 21 November: Min/max – 12/23; cloudy at times with a 30% chance of storms
- Saturday, 22 November: Min/max – 11/23; cloudy conditions and a 30% chance of storms in the afternoon
- Sunday, 23 November: Min/max – 13/25; partly cloudy becoming cloudy in the evening with a 30% chance of storms in the late afternoon and early evening
The public is advised to stay informed by monitoring weather warnings and updates from SAWS website and broadcasts on local radios and television channels as well as The South African website.
