15 - 22 Feb 2022

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies 

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected in most of Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, and Kenya.
  • Colder than usual temperatures expected over southern and northern Tanzania, western Kenya, and a few areas in coastal Somalia and central Sudan.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperature

  • Moderate temperatures (between 20 - 32 ℃) expected in southern Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, eastern and northern Kenya, central to southern Somalia, Djibouti, most parts of Eritrea, southern, western and north-eastern Ethiopia and most places in Tanzania.
  • Relatively cold conditions (less than 20℃) expected in northern Sudan, parts of central Ethiopia, northern Somalia, parts of central and western Kenya, most of Burundi, western Rwanda, and a few areas in northern and south-western Tanzania.
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Heavy to very heavy rainfall (top 10-5%) expected over parts of eastern Burundi, and northern and southern Tanzania (Mtwara & Lindi regions) .
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies 

  • More than usual rainfall expected over Rwanda, Burundi, northern and eastern Tanzania, south-western Kenya, and southeastern Uganda.
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over western and south-western regions of Tanzania.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (between 50-200mm) expected in most parts of central and northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and a few places in south-western Kenya. A few regions in southern Tanzania are expected to receive over 200mm.
  • Light rainfall (less than 30 mm) expected in southern Uganda, south-western Kenya, and parts of western Tanzania.
  • Dry conditions expected in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, northern and eastern Kenya, and northern parts of Uganda.