09 - 16 April 2024

Rainfall

Temperature

Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Very Heavy rainfall (reaching top 5% on record) expected in most parts of southern, central and north-eastern Kenya, northern Tanzania and cross border regions of Kenya-South Sudan and Ethiopia.  
  • Heavy rainfall (reaching top 10% on record) expected over most parts of Kenya, eastern and western parts of Tanzania, and parts of southern Somalia.  
Floods update

Floods Update

  • Very heavy rainfall is likely to lead to flooding in the flood prone areas.
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over most parts of the equatorial and southern regions.
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over south-western parts of South Sudan and isolated areas in south-eastern Ethiopia and central Somalia.
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures predicted over most parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, southern and western Kenya, western Uganda and western South Sudan. 
  • Cooler than usual temperatures forecast over central to northern Sudan, south-eastern South Sudan, north-eastern Kenya and other isolated areas across the GHA.  
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • High temperatures (above 32℃) expected over isolated areas in cross border regions of Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia. 
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of the GHA.
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over parts of northern to central Ethiopia, central to western Kenya, western regions of both Rwanda and Burundi and a few areas in southern Tanzania. 
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Elevated levels of heat stress expected in southern parts of Somalia and south-eastern Kenya, Afar region in Ethiopia and northern parts of South Sudan.  
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Heavy rainfall (more than 200 mm) expected over few areas in southern Tanzania and south-western parts of Kenya. 
  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over most parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda,  Kenya, southern Somalia and south-western Ethiopia.  
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected in northern, central to southern Ethiopia, central to eastern South Sudan, north-western Kenya and parts of northern and central Somalia. 
  • Dry conditions expected over Sudan, Djibouti, and parts of northern western and northern South Sudan, central to northern Somalia and eastern and western Eritrea.