The cold weather now being experienced in Zambia will continue and may get worse next month in five provinces and could be
periodically be interspersed with drizzles or light rains.
Zambia Meteorological Department director Jacob Nkomoki said in response to a press query yesterday that five provinces were next
month expected to experience mainly cool to cold temperatures, windy and cloudy to overcast skies which may periodically result into
drizzles or light rains.
The rains which would be associated with ‘Guti’ conditions which were expected to occur in Southern, Lusaka, Central, Eastern and Muchinga Provinces of Zambia.Guti is a cool moist southeasterly airflow which causes cloudy conditions. If this condition becomes well established it results in widespread drizzle and rain in places.
Mr Nkomoki has since advised members of the public to follow daily weather forecasts in print and electronic media to avoid being caught
unaware.
Mr Nkomoki is also Permanent Representative of Zambia to the World Meteorological Organisation.
“As we approach July, the country may experience mainly cool to cold temperatures, windy and cloudy to overcast skies which may periodically result into drizzle or light rains.
“These rains are associated with “GUTI” conditions especially over Southern, Lusaka, Central, Eastern and Muchinga Provinces,” he said.
He said the country was currently in the winter season and it was expected that there would be periodic advection of cool to cold air
from the southern oceans.
“This will result into cool, windy and cloudy weather affecting the eastern half of the country over the next couple of days,” he said.
Mr Nkomoki however said the nights were expected to be cool to cold especially over Western half of Zambia.
He said members of the public should follow the daily weather forecast in print and electronic media so that they were not caught unaware.
He called on parents to ensure their family members especially children were kept warm.
Mr Nkomoki, however, cautioned people to use braziers properly to avoid unnecessary accidents.
[Times of Zambia]
how low might temperatures fall? 6-8 °C?
okay so whats the idea of the picture in the story when we talking weather…….
You need a good intake of carbohydrates to keep your bodies warm.
Exactly Doubles, its the calories that are required to keep warm…..!
# 1 Spot on
whats up with the constant repeating of sentences in this article?
Ba LT, what is the relationship of the story and the picture? Idiiots
That is wht I was wandering as well ba LT nangu bukopo
Uku ichaila in July.
no mba nishi?
It’s like Mr. Nkomoki is issueing wild statements from guess work. A proper forecast should estimate how low the temperatures would fall. And LT, u need to improve. There’s no relationship with that picture to this story. Ba editor, where r u?
Sesheke was minus 3 °C last week.
There is a relationship imwe.Look at what they are wearing.Poor villagers with winter cloths. Did you see the ‘the spear painting in SA?
@Mashimba, Lozis are used to cold weather. They can afford to go swimming and fishing in such conditions
speculation…give us numbers!!!
please give us the expected temperature drops and not just using relative words like cool to cold. cold might be warm for other races
I didnt know that we have what is called cold temperatures. I thought we have low temperatures which make the atmosphere to be cold.
Ba Met. naimwe we need figures. Ba LT stop giving us hearsay. Why cannot your journalists become proffessional.? It’s all engineering these days, we need quantification/units. Your journalists need to ask for quantities.
@GUNNER X they don’t have journalists. All they have is bakalemba lemba fye.
The picture is showing people warming themselves against a brazier because of the cold.
AM IN EUROPE COLD HERE MEANS -30 deg.Cels, GIVE US FIGURES, U CALL 5+deg.cels called??
GUTI” conditions is a Lozi way of saying Good conditions. Don’t kubepa!
Just prepare for snow…
Is this article being printed to justify the increased load shedding being experienced by the Zambian population?
lobola should be reduced to allow many to marry to mitigate this cold whether especially tongas the charge is too high. cases of elopement should be suspended until September and the justice minister should sign a statute to this effect
Very soon there will be central heating in Zambia lol
Ba #19 Koma mukonda Kulibonesha ta. Whats your point, are you trying to say that in Europe when the temperatures drop to -5 you guys walk around in bikinis? Are those the lies you take home when you visit pwahahahaha! +5 degrees is cold anywhere my dear, i live in Canada which is way colder than Europe but still when temperatures hit +5 we still wear warm clothes. Maybe you live in a different world but 5 degrees is cold in Zambia since some of you seem to want to pretend like you never lived in Zambia and are surprised at what people there consider cold. By the way its COLD not CALLED, pa last mwa pwanya.
i remember Jacob Nkomoki using an aerial or antenna to point on the Zambia map. He used to tell us nothing just blabbing from mild to mild with no figures and reasons. im amazed that he has made director at the MET department
Ba LT…ya shani iyi? You mean Nkomoki couldn’t be asked how low the temperatures would drop? And do you edit your articles? Please mwilatusebanya bane!
Our lowest temperature values are actually summer temps for Nothern Siberia.
Which Meteorological Department, do we have the equipment or its just the usual guesses? @25 spot on, @19 kulibonesha ta, how did u end up in Europe and what job do u have when u cant tell the difference b/n ‘cold’ and ‘called’?
If the fool thinks lobola is too much from the tonga land,kope kubabemba banobe so that u take a goat,chicken na beans mukabale, cheap is expensive. Ukubelela ifyachipa r u educated ka sikwampampa or u r waiting for the govt to bail u out. Open yo eyes risk u die poor.
Typically Zambian poor reporting No concrete figures: how low will the mercury go? And for how long? No historical facts: will this be Zambia’s coldest winter? What about data of the past let’s say 10 years: I’m sure that can be obtained from meteoroloGical records. What will this weather mean to the citizen especially with loadshedding denying homes heaters? What’s happening to the homeless? Here where I liv these are issues the media bring out whenever they report on adverse weather. All Zambian journalists should go back to school.
#19. For sure kulibonesha taa. Tupak baka muchaya ku chibombo. Just how did you get that interpretation?
Hi, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just wondering if you get a lot of spam remarks? If so how do you prevent it, any plugin or anything you can advise? I get so much lately it’s driving me insane so any assistance is very much appreciated.
All u critics what are u upto!!! Its like tamwishibe efyo muletalikopo bamakaka sha!!!!