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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11 - 18 February 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over most parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and central to northern regions of Tanzania. 
  • Less than usual rainfall expected parts of western  Tanzania. 
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile expected over parts of central to northern Tanzania. 
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA, with  parts of Sudan, Eritrea, north-western Ethiopia, and northern and   western South Sudan being at least 2 degrees C warmer than the average. 
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea and central to southern regions of Sudan.  
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over parts of north-western Sudan, central Ethiopia, central to western Kenya, northern Somalia, and western regions of Rwanda and Burundi. 
Heat Stress
Heat Stress
  • Elevated heat stress in “Extreme Caution” category over eastern Tanzania, eastern South Sudan and eastern Kenya into southern Somalia.  
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

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

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Heat Stress
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Elevated heat stress levels expected in parts of the Red Sea coast, Afar region in Ethiopia, and most parts of Sudan.
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA.
  • Cooler than average temperatures expected over southeastern regions of South Sudan, and highland areas of Kenya and Ethiopia.
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Moderate rainfall expected over northern parts of Somalia.
  • Light rainfall expected over southern and central regions of Somalia.
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over most parts of South Sudan, Uganda, central to southern Sudan, central to western Kenya, central to western Ethiopia, northern Djibouti, northern Somalia, Rwanda, and Burundi.
  • Less than …
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Heavy rainfall (above 200mm) expected over isolated areas in central Ethiopia as well as south-western South Sudan.
  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected in most parts of Uganda, central to western South Sudan, southern Sudan, …
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Floods update
Floods update
  • There is a likelihood of flooding incidences over the flood prone areas in northern Somalia, central-eastern parts of Ethiopia, and pockets in central-southern South Sudan.
23 - 30 September 2025 Read More