Rainfall is expected to continue across the country, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department’s five-day weather forecast.
The forecast also indicated that isolated heavy rainfall events are likely over some areas, including the Highlands east and west of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift Valley, South-eastern lowlands, the Coast and parts of north-eastern and north-western Kenya.
Showers and thunderstorms are anticipated over several areas, including Kakamega, Vihiga, Busia, Bungoma, Kisumu, Kisii, Nyamira, Migori, Siaya, Homa Bay, Kericho, Nandi, Bomet, Nakuru, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia and Narok.
These regions will experience rain, with some areas seeing breaks into sunny intervals. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to intensify in the afternoon.
Kenya Meteorological Department director Dr David Gikungu said in counties such as Nyeri, Murang’a, Kirinyaga, Embu, Meru, Kiambu, Tharaka Nithi, Laikipia, Nyandarua and Nairobi, showers and thunderstorms are expected over isolated areas during the night.
Cloudy conditions will dominate the morning, with occasional rainfall in some places before transitioning into sunny intervals.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected in several locations.
In Turkana and Samburu, showers and thunderstorms are predicted over a few areas, particularly along the Turkana-South Sudan border, during the night.
In the morning, light rains are expected over some areas, with breaks into sunny periods.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will occur in the afternoon. In Marsabit, Garissa, Mandera, Wajir and Isiolo counties, rainfall will be confined to a few places during the night.
Showers and thunderstorms will be expected over some areas in the morning, with breaks into sunny intervals.
Afternoon thunderstorms are expected in a few regions.
The South-Eastern lowlands, which include counties such as Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, Taita Taveta and Kajiado, will experience showers and thunderstorms overnight.
The morning will see cloudy conditions with some rain, followed by sunny intervals.
Showers and thunderstorms are anticipated in the afternoon over a few places.
Gikungu added that along the Coast, including Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu and Tana River, rainfall will be sporadic, with a few showers expected at night and in the morning, followed by breaks into sunny periods.
According to the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre seasonal rainfall forecast for April to June, drier-than-usual conditions are expected over south-eastern Ethiopia, central to southern Somalia, eastern Kenya and isolated areas of western Uganda and South Sudan.
