Expect Rainfall In All Of Nairobi For 24 Hours- Kenya Met
The weatherman revealed that the rains began today at 9 am and are expected to last until 9 am on Thursday, November 9.
Marvin Chege 
The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has announced that Nairobi residents will be subjected to a 24-hour rainfall period across the entire city from Wednesday, November 8.
In the forecast published on Wednesday, the weatherman revealed that the rains began today at 9 a.m. and are expected to last until 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 9.
A map of Nairobi County shared by KMD revealed that the amount of rainfall would range between 2 millimetres (mm) to a high of 60 mm, simply put, between moderate and heavy rainfall.
Kenya Met map indicating expected rainfall in Nairobi County from November 8 to November 9, 2023. /KENYA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
"The 24-hour forecast for Nairobi predicts periods of moderate to heavy rainfall, starting from 9 AM on November 8th and lasting until 9 AM on November 9th," stated KMD in part.
Estates expected to be impacted by heavy rainfall include Westlands, Kibra, Dagoretti South and parts of Lang'ata, with other estates expected to be impacted by rainfall below 50mm.
Furthermore, light showers in the morning have been forecasted in the coming days in Nairobi as well as surrounding counties such as Nyandarua, Laikipia, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang'a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi.
Nyandarua has been projected to have the coldest temperatures on record, with temperatures dropping to 6 degrees Celsius.
"Afternoon and night showers are expected over several places during the first half of the forecast period reducing to few places after that," Kenya Met stated.
"Maximum (day-time) temperatures will rise to 29 degrees Celsius in Thika while minimum (night-time) temperatures will be as low as 16 degrees Celsius."
Residents in select counties were further advised to be wary of flooding incidents that have occurred recently and may occur during the week.
Meanwhile, the Kenya Red Cross warned that the water levels at Tana River have reached critical levels.
"The counties of Garissa, Tana River and Kilifi are at risk of flooding. Lives and livelihoods are at risk.
"To ensure the safety of the communities residing along the river, our teams have activated early warning communication protocols," stated Kenya Red Cross.
The United Nations (UN), through its World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday that the El Nino weather phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, is expected to last until at least April 2024.
El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern typically associated with increased heat worldwide, as well as drought in some parts of the world and heavy rains elsewhere. This year, the phenomenon developed rapidly during July-August and was likely to peak between now and January.
El Nino last occurred in 2018-2019 and was followed by an exceptionally long La Nina -- El Nino's cooling opposite -- which ended earlier this year.
WMO's revelation contradicts President William Ruto's remarks that the country would not experience the severe effects of the El Nino rains.
"We heard reports that the country will experience El Nino rains, which have the potential to destroy property. But God has been faithful," the President explained.
"We have now heard the meteorologists saying that will no longer be the case. We will just have heavy rains. We thank God."
