Weekly Forecast

At ICPAC we use the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) to produce our forecasts in a resolution of 10 x 10 Km. Our weekly forecasts are very popular and help stakeholders prepare for extreme weather, and mitigate risks associated with floods, drought or heavy rainfall.

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14 - 21 April 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over southern and part of western Tanzania, central areas of Burundi and isolated areas in Kenya and Ethiopia. 
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over most parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia, central to southern Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and central to northern Tanzania. 
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile expected over southern coastal Tanzania and isolated places in northern Kenya. 
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA. 
  • Cooler than usual temperatures expected over isolated areas in Ethiopia and Kenya. 
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Elevated temperatures exceeding 32℃ expected over most parts of South Sudan, southern to south-eastern regions of Sudan, western Eritrea, and Afar region of Ethiopia. 
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of the GHA. 
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected most of the highlands across the GHA as well as over western Rwanda and Burundi. 
Heat Stress
Heat Stress
  • Elevated heat stress within the ‘Danger’ category expected over parts of eastern South Sudan and ‘extreme caution’ category expected over western  parts of South Sudan, eastern parts of Kenya and Tanzania, southern to central Somalia, coastal regions of Eritrea and southern to eastern regions of Sudan.  
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over parts of coastal Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and north-western, southern to eastern Tanzania. 
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected over most parts of central to northern Tanzania, South Sudan, Kenya, central to southern and north-western Somalia, southern Uganda, Sudan, and Ethiopia.  

Weekly Forecasts

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Temperature forecast (Anomalies)
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures forecasted over most parts of the region.
  • Cooler than usual temperatures expected in northern and eastern Kenya and parts of western Ethiopia.
16 - 23 May 2023 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Moderate rainfall (50 –200 mm) expected over isolated parts of north-eastern Somalia.
  • Light rainfall (less than 50) predicted over most parts of the country.
  • Dry conditions are expected over a few south-western parts of the …
16 - 23 May 2023 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Moderate rainfall (50 –200 mm) expected over north-eastern parts of the country.
  • Light rainfall (less than 50) predicted over north-western central and southern parts of the country.
10 - 17 May 2023 Read More
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over southern South Sudan into northern South Sudan, western Ethiopia, and north-eastern Somalia.
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over southern regions of South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, northern …
10 - 17 May 2023 Read More
Heavy rainfall
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Heavy to very heavy rainfall (top 10%-5%) rainfall expected over north-eastern Somalia and a few regions spanning eastern, central, and western Ethiopia.
10 - 17 May 2023 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Hot temperatures (greater than 32 ℃) expected in few areas in the north-eastern parts of South Sudan.
  • Moderate to high temperatures (24 - 32 ℃) expected over most parts the country.
10 - 17 May 2023 Read More