The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the rain experienced in parts of the country over the past two days is not a sign that the 2026/27 rainy season has begun.
MSD deputy director for public weather services, Isaac Masawana, said the rain resulted from a cloud system moving into the country from the west, and formed part of normal weather variation rather than the start of the summer rainfall season.
“We had a cloud system that was moving from the west into the country, and it caused some thundershowers that we experienced overnight,” he said.
Masawana said the system was expected to begin clearing from Thursday, with sunny conditions set to return.
“We are expecting this system to start clearing tomorrow, and we expect blue skies to come back and sunny conditions,” he said.
“This has nothing to do with the start of the season. We are still far away from the season onset.”
He added that rainfall could occur outside the normal rainy season as part of natural weather variability.
“It’s just like weather is weather — even in winter it can rain. So this has nothing to do with the start of the season,” he said.
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