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Rains could fall in some parts of Kenya this weekend, the weather- man’s latest prediction shows.
However, they will be scattered. Most places will only have dark clouds, which is welcome after weeks of scorching sun.
This is according to the latest five-day forecast ending on Monday.
“Rainfall is expected over a few areas in the highlands east and west of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria basin, Rift Valley, Coast and northeastern Kenya.
The rest of the country is likely to be generally sunny and dry,” David Gikungu, the Met chief said.
The forecast shows the wettest areas will be Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay, Migori, Kisii, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Nandi, Nakuru, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kakame- ga, Vihiga, Bungoma, Busia and West Pokot Counties.
A few parts of the counties will have rain in the morning and showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Gikungu said around Nairobi and other highlands east of the Rift Valley (including Nyan- darua, Laikipia, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka and Nairobi Counties), the weather will turn cloudy on Friday.
Afterwards it will be partly cloudy, with mountainous areas having some rains. The same weather will play out at the Coast and northern Kenya.
The forecast comes after the regional forecaster, the Igad Climate Prediction and Applications Centre, said November will be drier than usual.
November is usually the peak month for the short rains.
The expected depressed downpour raises the possibility of a humanitarian problem in Kenya at the end of the year and early next year.
Icpac’s forecast has remained unchanged since August. It indicates while western Kenya may have normal to above-normal rains, the entire eastern half of Kenya will be drier than usual.
“Rainfall forecast for November
2024 [indicates] wetter than usual
conditions expected over western
Kenya,” Icpac said last week.
It predicted, “drier than normal
conditions expected over ... central
to eastern Kenya.”
