Temperature plummeted to its lowest ever in January in several Namibian towns this week.
Since Sunday, the cold weather over the southwest of the country, caused by a cut-off low pressure system situated west of the Lüderitz area, drove in the cold to parts of Namibia.
According to Simon Dirkse of the Namibia Meteorological Services, this system is similar to what is currently happening in North America, that is experiencing its coldest days ever, but with less intensity.“The air within a cut-off low pressure is colder than its surroundings due to its origination from the polar region, and it has sufficient moist air flowing into a low pressure system, and is highly likely to produce high amounts of rainfall and strong winds,” said Dirkse.
Windhoek was the coldest place on Tuesday with 5,5 degrees Celsius, which is two degrees lower than the 7,5 degrees the residents of the city experienced on 29 January 1961. On Monday, the temperature dropped at the Hosea Kutako International Airport to 0,5 degrees Celsius. The coldest ever temperature experienced at the airport in January was 9,1 degrees on 14 January 1995.
Another town that experienced its coldest January ever was Grootfontein, where the temperature dropped to 8,5 degrees Celsius yesterday. The coldest weather the town experienced in the month of January was 12,5 degrees Celsius on 15 January 1990. The temperature at the town of Ondangwa stood yesterday at 15,1 degrees Celsius, which is one degree colder than it experienced on 19 January 2011.
However, the cold system is expected to travel southwards from today on with temperatures expe-cted to start recovering, and by the weekend normal summer temperatu-res should be restored.
Since Sunday, the cold weather over the southwest of the country, caused by a cut-off low pressure system situated west of the Lüderitz area, drove in the cold to parts of Namibia.
According to Simon Dirkse of the Namibia Meteorological Services, this system is similar to what is currently happening in North America, that is experiencing its coldest days ever, but with less intensity.“The air within a cut-off low pressure is colder than its surroundings due to its origination from the polar region, and it has sufficient moist air flowing into a low pressure system, and is highly likely to produce high amounts of rainfall and strong winds,” said Dirkse.
Windhoek was the coldest place on Tuesday with 5,5 degrees Celsius, which is two degrees lower than the 7,5 degrees the residents of the city experienced on 29 January 1961. On Monday, the temperature dropped at the Hosea Kutako International Airport to 0,5 degrees Celsius. The coldest ever temperature experienced at the airport in January was 9,1 degrees on 14 January 1995.
Another town that experienced its coldest January ever was Grootfontein, where the temperature dropped to 8,5 degrees Celsius yesterday. The coldest weather the town experienced in the month of January was 12,5 degrees Celsius on 15 January 1990. The temperature at the town of Ondangwa stood yesterday at 15,1 degrees Celsius, which is one degree colder than it experienced on 19 January 2011.
However, the cold system is expected to travel southwards from today on with temperatures expe-cted to start recovering, and by the weekend normal summer temperatu-res should be restored.
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