11-20 June 2020

Rainfall

Temperature

Bulletin

Rainfall forecast (Total mm)

  • Heavy rainfall above 200 mm is part of central & western parts of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
  • Moderate rainfall in the range 50-200 mm is expected over much of South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan, western Ethiopia, parts of western & northwestern Kenya, parts of western and northern Uganda and parts of southwestern coastal Somalia.
  • Light rainfall less than 50 mm forecasted over southern regions of Sudan, parts of northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, Uganda, and parts of eastern, and southern Tanzania.
  • Much of Uganda, Rwanda, parts of Burundi, parts of western Kenya, southern and northern Somalia, southwest and northern Tanzania are expected to remain dry.
Temperature forecast

  • High temperatures above 32o C are expected in Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, northeastern Ethiopia & northern Somalia.
  • Moderate temperatures between 20 – 30o C are expected over South Sudan, much of Uganda, northwestern and coastal Tanzania, eastern and northwestern Kenya, much of Somalia, and southeastern and border areas of Ethiopia.
  • Low temperatures below 20o C expected over parts of central Ethiopia, central & western Kenya, parts of southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and southern & central Tanzania.
Bulletin

Forecast (11-20 June 2020)

Heavy rainfall above 200 mm expected over central & western parts of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.

  • Hot weather is expected over Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, northeastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia.

Observed rainfall (21-31 May 2020)

  • Severely wet in in isolated areas in Ethiopia's highland, southern parts of South Sudan, northern Somalia.
  • Unusual higher than average maximum temperatures were observed in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.
  • Colder than average minimum temperatures over Sudan, Eretria, southeastern Ethiopia, northeastern and southern Kenya, central Somalia and much of Tanzania.