16 - 23 Mar 2022

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies 

  • Warmer than normal temperatures expected in most parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania as well as northern Somalia and south-eastern South Sudan.
  • Cooler than normal temperatures expected over Sudan, western South Sudan, north-western Eritrea, southern Somalia, and coastal regions of Kenya.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

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

No exceptional rainfall expected.

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies 

  • More than normal rainfall expected over a few regions in central to southern Ethiopia, and Burundi.
  • Less than normal rainfall expected over Tanzania, central to southern Kenya, and parts of southern Uganda and Rwanda.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (50-100mm) expected in a few regions of southern Tanzania, central Burundi, and western Rwanda.
  • Light rainfall (less than 30 mm) expected over central to south-western Ethiopia, and most parts of Uganda and Tanzania.
  • Dry conditions expected in Sudan, central to northern South Sudan, Eritrea, northern and eastern Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, eastern, northern, and western Ethiopia, and western regions of Eritrea.