The Kenya Meteorological Department has disclosed that the Coast, North-eastern, North-western and parts of the South-eastern lowlands regions will experience high daytime temperatures for the next seven days.
In a weather forecast report on Tuesday, January 21, Kenya Met indicated that the daytime temperatures in the regions are expected to go above 30°C.
The coastal counties listed in the forecast include Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu and Kwale, as well as the coastal parts of Tana River County, while the North-eastern counties include Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Isiolo.
On the other hand, the North-western counties expected to experience the extreme heat include Turkana and Samburu, while the South-eastern lowlands include Machakos, Kitui, Makueni, Kajiado and Taita-Taveta counties, as well as the inland parts of Tana River County.
However, the weatherman noted that nighttime temperatures are expected to go below 10°C in some parts of the Central Highlands, Central Rift Valley and South-eastern lowlands.
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Kenya Met maintained that sunny and dry weather conditions are expected to dominate across most parts of the country during the forecast period.
"However, occasional rainfall is likely in some areas, including the Highlands West and East of the Rift Valley, Nairobi, the Lake Victoria Basin, the South Rift Valley, and the South-eastern lowlands, particularly towards the end of the forecast period," Kenya Met remarked.
The weatherman noted that in the last weather forecast, many parts of the country experienced predominantly sunny and dry conditions, but rainfall was recorded in some areas of the highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, and the South Rift Valley.
