11-18 August 2020

Rainfall

Temperature

Heavy rainfall

The forecast rainfall amounts are ranked as follows:

  • Heavy Rainfall: Forecast amounts are in the top 10% of rainfall experienced in this location in the past.
  • Very Heavy Rainfall: Forecast amounts are in the top 5% of rainfall experienced in this location in the past.
  • Extremely Heavy Rainfall: Forecast amounts are in the top 1% of rainfall experienced in location in the past.
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Heavy rainfall above 200 mm expected in parts of central and northern Ethiopia, parts of southern and south-western Sudan, parts of northern South Sudan, and western Kenya. 
  • Moderate rainfall ranging from 50-200 mm is expected in central, and northern Uganda, western Kenya, much of South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan, central and northern Ethiopia, and western Eritrea.  
  • Light rainfall less than 50 mm is expected in parts of eastern and southern Tanzania, coastal and eastern Kenya, southern and northern Somalia, southern Ethiopia, south-eastern South Sudan, Djibouti, central and southern Eritrea, and northern Sudan. 
  • Dry conditions are expected in Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Tanzania, southern Uganda, north-western and parts of eastern Kenya, central Somalia, parts of southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, and parts of northern Sudan.
Temperature forecast
  • High temperatures above 32 ℃ are expected in northern Sudan, coastal Eritrea, parts of north-eastern Ethiopia, parts of Djibouti, and regions in northern coastal Somalia. 
  • Moderate temperature between 20-32 ℃ are expected over southern Sudan, South Sudan, north-eastern and south-eastern Ethiopia, much of Somalia, north-western and eastern Kenya, much of Uganda, eastern Rwanda, and western and eastern Tanzania.
  • Low temperatures below 20 ℃ are expected over much of southern to northern Ethiopia, central to western Kenya, central to southern Tanzania, much of Burundi, western Rwanda, and parts of central Uganda.