Winter has come
Temperatures plunged to below five degrees, but not yet freezing point, this weekend in the southern, eastern and some interior parts of Namibia after a cold front moved in on Friday.
The Namibia Meteorological Service (NMS) on Friday warned that a frontal system over the Cape that was causing rain in the Western Cape would lower temperatures in southern Namibia and some parts of the interior over the weekend.
Chief forecaster Odillo Kgobetsi said it was expected that minimum and maximum temperatures would drop significantly in the south this weekend, with gradual warming expected from today over the interior.
“High-level cirrus clouds are visible over the southern parts of Namibia as a result of the cold front,” the NMS said, indicative of the approaching cold front.
Temperatures at Aranos, Aroab, Aus and Gobabis were expected to drop to four degrees Celsius on Saturday, and to five degrees in places such as Rehoboth and Otjinene in the Omaheke Region.
Yesterday, the forecast predicted low temperatures of four, five or six degrees at Aranos, Aroab and Aus, as well as at Buitepos, Otjinene and in some places over the interior, including Tsumkwe, Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb.
Maximum temperatures in the south were expected to reach no more than 20 degrees in most places.
At the coast the weekend saw a weak pressure gradient develop bringing along cooler, cloudier and foggier conditions on Saturday and Sunday.
The NMS noted that windy conditions were expected in the interior today, with partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions in the north and northeast of Namibia.
“Elsewhere mostly sunny and mild to warm,” with moderate north-westerly to south-westerly winds expected in the interior, becoming north-easterly in the south, the NMS stated.
Along the coast, partly cloudy and mild with fog patches are expected today, becoming sunny and warm in the south later.
JANA-MARI SMITH
The Namibia Meteorological Service (NMS) on Friday warned that a frontal system over the Cape that was causing rain in the Western Cape would lower temperatures in southern Namibia and some parts of the interior over the weekend.
Chief forecaster Odillo Kgobetsi said it was expected that minimum and maximum temperatures would drop significantly in the south this weekend, with gradual warming expected from today over the interior.
“High-level cirrus clouds are visible over the southern parts of Namibia as a result of the cold front,” the NMS said, indicative of the approaching cold front.
Temperatures at Aranos, Aroab, Aus and Gobabis were expected to drop to four degrees Celsius on Saturday, and to five degrees in places such as Rehoboth and Otjinene in the Omaheke Region.
Yesterday, the forecast predicted low temperatures of four, five or six degrees at Aranos, Aroab and Aus, as well as at Buitepos, Otjinene and in some places over the interior, including Tsumkwe, Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb.
Maximum temperatures in the south were expected to reach no more than 20 degrees in most places.
At the coast the weekend saw a weak pressure gradient develop bringing along cooler, cloudier and foggier conditions on Saturday and Sunday.
The NMS noted that windy conditions were expected in the interior today, with partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions in the north and northeast of Namibia.
“Elsewhere mostly sunny and mild to warm,” with moderate north-westerly to south-westerly winds expected in the interior, becoming north-easterly in the south, the NMS stated.
Along the coast, partly cloudy and mild with fog patches are expected today, becoming sunny and warm in the south later.
JANA-MARI SMITH
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