Meteo-Rwanda announced that the weather forecast from January 11 to 20, 2024, shows that the rain expected to fall in the next 10 days will cause floods and landslides, and people are asked to continue to take precautionary measures.
In the second half of January 2024, above normal rainfall is expected to continue to fall in the South-West part of the country, It is expected to fall between 10 and 120 millimeters of rain in different parts of the country. The expected amount of rain will be above the average amount of rain that normally falls in the districts of Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rusizi, Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Huye, Gisagara, Nyanza and in the southern districts of Ruhango, Bugesera, Ngoma and When.
The rest of the country is expected to receive normal rainfall (the average rainfall in this area is between 10 and 50 millimeters), The expected days of rain will be between two and six days, with most of the days expected to be above normal, Rain is expected to fall between the 11th and 15th, then taper off towards the end of the section. The forecasted rainfall will come from the combination of winds located in the southern hemisphere, as well as the climate of each location.
How the rain is predicted in different places.
Between 90 and 120 millimeters of rain is expected in many parts of Rusizi and Nyamasheke Districts, in the west of Nyaruguru and Nyamagabe Districts and in the South of Karongi District, Between 60 and 90 millimeters of rain is expected in the rest of Rusizi, Nyamasheke, Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, and Karongi Districts, Huye, Gisagara, Nyanza and the South of Ruhango, Bugesera and Kirehe Districts.
Rain between 10 and 20 millimeters is the least expected in many parts of Nyagatare District. In the rest of the country, between 20 and 60 millimeters of rain is expected, Moderate winds with gusts between 4 and 8 meters per second are forecast for this second half of January 2024, Moderate winds with gusts between 6 and 8 meters per second (see color chart) (yellow on the forecast wind map) is expected in parts of Kirehe, Kayonza, Gatsibo, Gisagara, Huye, Nyanza, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe, Musanze and Burera Districts.
The rest of the country is expected to have moderate winds with speeds between 4 and 6 meters per second, High temperatures are also expected in the second half of January 2024, which will be between 18 and 28 degrees Celsius in Rwanda. In many parts of the City of Kigali, Eastern Province, Mayaga and the Bugarama Valley, temperatures between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius are expected.
In the east of Rubavu District and in the North of Nyabihu and Musanze Districts, low temperatures are expected between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius, The expected temperature will be below the average temperature normally found in the second half of January throughout Rwanda.
The effects of heavy and consecutive rainfall are expected, including floods, mudslides and erosion on low-lying areas, especially in the south-west where rainfall between 60 and 120 millimeters is expected.
