Showers the start of predicted ‘normal’ rainy season

NAMIBIANS might have to run for cover this week.

Heavy and widespread thundershowers are predicted for the next couple of days. Weatherman Odilo Kgobetsi told The Namibian yesterday that the rainfall prospects looked good for today and tomorrow.Heavy showers are expected in the northern, central, eastern and south-eastern parts of the country, he said.By Thursday the weather will clear up, but the clouds will return on Friday.Rainfall figures measured yesterday morning indicated that Suiderhof has received the most rain at 4,5 mm, followed by Hosea Kutako International Airport with 3,3 mm.Grootfontein measured 3,0 mm while Ondangwa only reported 0,3 mm.October is traditionally the start of Namibia’s first rainy season, which continues until December.The seasonal rainfall outlook shows that the country can expect normal rainfall from October to December.Normal to above normal rainfall is predicted for the main rainy season from January to March.The outlook was mapped out at the 8th Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (Sarcof) held in Harare this year.Weatherman Odilo Kgobetsi told The Namibian yesterday that the rainfall prospects looked good for today and tomorrow.Heavy showers are expected in the northern, central, eastern and south-eastern parts of the country, he said.By Thursday the weather will clear up, but the clouds will return on Friday.Rainfall figures measured yesterday morning indicated that Suiderhof has received the most rain at 4,5 mm, followed by Hosea Kutako International Airport with 3,3 mm.Grootfontein measured 3,0 mm while Ondangwa only reported 0,3 mm.October is traditionally the start of Namibia’s first rainy season, which continues until December.The seasonal rainfall outlook shows that the country can expect normal rainfall from October to December.Normal to above normal rainfall is predicted for the main rainy season from January to March.The outlook was mapped out at the 8th Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (Sarcof) held in Harare this year.