Keep warm! Cool cloudy conditions expected, Met warns

Cool cloudy conditions expected over several places in the Country, Meteorological department has announced.

“Keep yourself warm and avoid coldness....we are expecting minimum temperatures,” it said.

In their one week forecast which ends on June 21, Met had said that moderate rainfall and isolated storms are expected around Kenya,.

In a one week forecast, Met said the rains are expected mainly over the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley and along the Coastal strip.

“The rainfall is likely to occasionally spill over to a few places over the highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County),” Met said.

The Northeast, Northwest and the South Eastern Lowlands  are expected to be dry. 

Occasional cool and cloudy conditions (accompanied by light rains) are expected over the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County) and some parts of the South-eastern Lowlands and the Highlands West of the Rift Valley.

Daytime temperatures dropped last week, with Nyahururu reporting the lowest seven-day average minimum temperatures of 5.2 degrees.

On average, June began disappointingly for farmers because of too little or no rains in most places.

However, in a three-month forecast, the Met still warns of the usual cold and drizzle. Aura warned of an expected increase in respiratory diseases in June and July.

The weather outlook for the June-August rainfall season, released two weeks ago, indicated that Nyandarua, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang'a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka Nithi and Nairobi counties will experience near-average to above average temperatures.

The same will be experienced in Marsabit, Isiolo, Kajiado, Machakos, Kitui and Makueni counties.