The National Weather Service has today predicted that most parts of the country will receive average rainfall.
The forecast, valid until April 4, 2022, also shows that isolated storms are likely to occur over some parts of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, and the Coast, with rainfall intensities expected to reduce during the second half of the forecast period.
“The rains are here…. Isolated storms are likely to occur over some parts of the highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley, the Coast, and the South-eastern lowlands,” the Met department said.
However, according to the Meteorological, rainfall intensities are expected to reduce during the second half of the forecast period.
Mombasa, Eldoret, Nakuru will experience sunny intervals while Nyeri, Marsabit, Kisumu, Nairobi will experience sunny and rainy intervals this week.
Both daytime temperatures and night-time temperatures are likely to be moderate.
The rains come as a relief after the government had earlier issued an alarm warning that the number of hunger-stricken Kenyans could rise to 3.5 million from the current 3.1 million on account of depressed rains.
The projected upsurge of hungry Kenyans is likely if the clouds do not open up soon enough, particularly across 23 counties in arid and semi-arid areas where drought is most severe.