It Will Be A Rainy Elections- Kenya Met Department

The Kenya Meteorological Department has alerted Kenyans over rainfall within the next few days, with the weather likely to head into the week of the August 9 general elections.

In its weekly weather update on Tuesday, August 2, the weatherman indicated that most parts of the country will continue receiving rainfall as the week goes by.

Some of the regions set to be affected include the Lake Victoria Basin, which will likely receive heavy rainfall, and so will some parts of the Rift Valley.

An aerial image of the Lake Victoria basin. /FILE

However, the Central and South Rift regions will receive lighter rainfall than in the recent past as other parts of the country will experience dry conditions.

“The Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valleys, as well as a few spots in the Highlands East of the Rift Valley and north-western Kenya will continue to receive rainfall while the rest of the country will remain dry,” Kenya Met stated.

In addition, some regions of north-eastern and north-western Kenya can expect average daytime temperatures to be high (more than 30°C).

Over the majority of the country, temperatures at night (at a minimum) are predicted to be moderate (10°C to 20°C).

Kenyans can access real-time forecasts of severe rainfall in the regions they are in through a smartphone app endorsed by the Met Department.

Observant Nairobians have been taking note of rains in some parts of the city, though the amount is different than the usual amount that occurs during the exit of the long rainy season.

The department had indicated that sunny conditions would keep prevailing over the Coastal counties of Mombasa, Tana River, Kwale, Kilifi, and Lamu but light morning showers in a few places might be witnessed. Residents of those counties will likely continue with partly cloudy nights, just like those residing in Turkana and Samburu counties.

However, the two counties will likely witness morning showers as well as in the afternoon and at night in a few places.

Cold and cloudy conditions, with occasional light rains, are expected to continue in the highlands east of the Rift Valley region as well as some parts of the south-eastern lowlands.

The weather could generally affect the atmosphere in which Kenyans brave the elements to queue outside polling stations to vote in the August elections, which normally stretch to long queues that last for hours.