Two more days of lovely rain

THUNDER, lightning and an extended night-time downpour brought the first substantial rains of the new rainy season to Windhoek on Sunday night.

Areas of Windhoek came out on tops with the reporting of rainfall figures to the Meteorological Service of Namibia yesterday. In Katutura, 10,2 millimetres of rain was measured yesterday morning, according to figures provided by the Meteorological Service.At the Windhoek Met Office, 8,6 mm was measured at the same time, while 7 mm was recorded at Suiderhof.At Hosea Kutako International Airport east of the city 2,2 mm was recorded, with 0,4 mm measured at Otjiwarongo, 0,4 mm at Gobabis, 3,2 mm at Mariental, and 2,7 mm at Aranos.At the farm Scheidthof in the area between Dordabis and Nina east of Windhoek, between 26 and 42 mm of rain was measured, according to the Namibia Weather Network.Rainy weather is expected to continue over the central and south-eastern parts of Namibia until tomorrow, according to the Meteorological Service of Namibia, * In a report on rainfall figures in yesterday’s edition of The Namibian it was wrongly stated that 2,1 mm of rain had been measured at Arandis over the 24 hours to Saturday morning.In fact, the 2,1 mm had been measured at Aranos in the east of the country.In Katutura, 10,2 millimetres of rain was measured yesterday morning, according to figures provided by the Meteorological Service.At the Windhoek Met Office, 8,6 mm was measured at the same time, while 7 mm was recorded at Suiderhof.At Hosea Kutako International Airport east of the city 2,2 mm was recorded, with 0,4 mm measured at Otjiwarongo, 0,4 mm at Gobabis, 3,2 mm at Mariental, and 2,7 mm at Aranos.At the farm Scheidthof in the area between Dordabis and Nina east of Windhoek, between 26 and 42 mm of rain was measured, according to the Namibia Weather Network. Rainy weather is expected to continue over the central and south-eastern parts of Namibia until tomorrow, according to the Meteorological Service of Namibia, * In a report on rainfall figures in yesterday’s edition of The Namibian it was wrongly stated that 2,1 mm of rain had been measured at Arandis over the 24 hours to Saturday morning.In fact, the 2,1 mm had been measured at Aranos in the east of the country.