Met office warns of heavy rains

Zimbabwe’s Meteorological Services Department has issued a warning of heavy rains from Saturday 28 to Tuesday 31 January 2017.

According to the press release:

Generally rainfall in excess of 50mm in 24 hours is expected. Over the high ground areas along the central watershed as well as the Eastern Highlands however, rainfall in excess of 90mm in 24 hours is highly probable. This is especially more so between Saturday 28 and Monday 30 January.

They say that the rain is a result of a combination of the presence of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and a frontal cloud system which entered the country through Matabeleland Provinces. Added to this combination is the heating around midday which further enhances rainfall activity.