Heavy rains expected, says Met Dept

Services Department said the rains will continue this weekend.
The Met Dept recently said widespread rains were expected to start on December 1 and 2 across Zimbabwe.

Met Dept forecaster Mr Jonathan Chifuna said widespread thunderstorms occurred across the country on Thursday with most areas recording significant rains.
“Significant rains were recorded in Makoholi 99mm, Kwekwe 68mm, Mutare 59mm, Beitbridge 51mm and Chipinge 50mm.”

He said the current cloud system over Zimbabwe was expected to persist up to next Wednesday with heavy falls expected from Friday. “Pressure rising over the south east of the sub region should cause convergence across the country from Friday resulting in heavy falls,” he said.

Mr Chifuna said the rains will be mostly confined to the south of the main watershed areas such as Masvingo, Matabeleland South, South of Midlands and Bulawayo.
“These rains are expected to be around 50mm in 24 hours,” he said.

Zimbabwe expects a normal rainfall season during the 201/12 summer cropping season.

The first half of the season, which covers October, November and December, is expected to have normal rains with a bias towards below normal rains while the second half (January, February and March) is expected to have normal rains with a bias towards above normal.