Rainy days ahead
There is a good chance of thundershowers over most parts of Namibia today and over the weekend, the weather bureau has confirmed.
Chief forecaster Odillo Kgobetsi told Namibian Sun that rain was expected from north-central to southern Namibia until Sunday.
“Basically the whole country can expect rain,” he said yesterday.
From tomorrow, the rainy weather will clear up in the extreme south-eastern parts of the country, followed by the //Karas Region on Sunday, Kgobetsi said.
Elsewhere continued rain can be expected until Monday.
Rain has already been experienced in the north-central, eastern and southern parts of the country this week.
At Gobabis, 4mm of rain was reported, at Mariental 8.4mm and in the Khorixas district 11mm.
Residents of Aranos reported good rains this week and downpours were also reported at Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb during the week.
Hail and thunderstorms were experienced in the east of the country.
At the Onderombapa settlement in the Omaheke Region, a resident captured striking photos of hail covering the ground in a white carpet.
The Australian bureau of meteorology has indicated that temperatures in the tropical Pacific have reached La Niña levels.
Climate models suggest this La Niña will be weak and short-lived, persisting until early southern autumn 2018.
The Australian meteorological bureau confirmed that in order for 2017–18 to be classed as a La Niña year, the event needs to last for at least three months.
Climate models surveyed by the bureau suggest that while this event is likely to persist over the southern summer, it will be weaker than the strong La Niña of 2010–12.
Although La Niña typically brings above-average rainfall to parts of the southern hemisphere during spring and summer, the sea surface temperature patterns in the Indian Ocean and closer to Australia are not typical of a La Niña event.
This reduces the likelihood of widespread above-average summer rainfall, the bureau indicated.
La Niña can also increase the chance of prolonged hot spells in some cases.
Kgobetsi told Namibian Sun that Namibian meteorologists were attending a Southern African weather conference and would soon release a statement on the expected rainfall for the months January to April 2018.
Chief forecaster Odillo Kgobetsi told Namibian Sun that rain was expected from north-central to southern Namibia until Sunday.
“Basically the whole country can expect rain,” he said yesterday.
From tomorrow, the rainy weather will clear up in the extreme south-eastern parts of the country, followed by the //Karas Region on Sunday, Kgobetsi said.
Elsewhere continued rain can be expected until Monday.
Rain has already been experienced in the north-central, eastern and southern parts of the country this week.
At Gobabis, 4mm of rain was reported, at Mariental 8.4mm and in the Khorixas district 11mm.
Residents of Aranos reported good rains this week and downpours were also reported at Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb during the week.
Hail and thunderstorms were experienced in the east of the country.
At the Onderombapa settlement in the Omaheke Region, a resident captured striking photos of hail covering the ground in a white carpet.
The Australian bureau of meteorology has indicated that temperatures in the tropical Pacific have reached La Niña levels.
Climate models suggest this La Niña will be weak and short-lived, persisting until early southern autumn 2018.
The Australian meteorological bureau confirmed that in order for 2017–18 to be classed as a La Niña year, the event needs to last for at least three months.
Climate models surveyed by the bureau suggest that while this event is likely to persist over the southern summer, it will be weaker than the strong La Niña of 2010–12.
Although La Niña typically brings above-average rainfall to parts of the southern hemisphere during spring and summer, the sea surface temperature patterns in the Indian Ocean and closer to Australia are not typical of a La Niña event.
This reduces the likelihood of widespread above-average summer rainfall, the bureau indicated.
La Niña can also increase the chance of prolonged hot spells in some cases.
Kgobetsi told Namibian Sun that Namibian meteorologists were attending a Southern African weather conference and would soon release a statement on the expected rainfall for the months January to April 2018.
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