12 - 19 September 2023

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over southern Sudan, western Ethiopia, and southern regions of Somalia.
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over South Sudan, northern Somalia, western Kenya, Uganda, and part of southern Ethiopia
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures predicted over most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in southwestern Sudan and western Ethiopia
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Hot temperatures (above 32 ℃) expected over northern Sudan, coastal regions of Eritrea and northern Somalia, Afar region of Ethiopia, and parts of Djibouti.
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over southern parts of Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, eastern and northern Kenya, most parts of Tanzania, and eastern parts of Rwanda and Burundi.
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over central to western Ethiopia, central to western Kenya, western Rwanda and Burundi, and central parts of Tanzania.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

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