Mercury plummets, cold bites

NAMIBIANS in several towns woke up to chilly weather yesterday, which the Windhoek Weather Bureau said was a spillover from a cold front passing over the Northern Cape and Western Cape in South Africa.

Weatherman Odillo Kgobetsi told The Namibian yesterday that the cold front resulted in light rain at the town of Alexander Bay, a stone’s throw from Namibia’s southern diamond town of Oranjemund. Kgobetsi said 2,2 millimetres of rain was recorded at the town yesterday morning.The lowest temperature of -0,7 degrees Celsius was recorded at Outjo, while Keetmanshoop recorded 2.6 degrees and Eros Airport in Windhoek 2,6.Until midday yesterday, temperatures at Keetmanshoop and Mariental were still below 16 degrees.At Keetmanshoop the mercury stood at 11 degrees, while Mariental measured 14 degrees.Kgobetsi said temperatures in the central and southern parts of the country, and part of the Otjozondjupa Region, were expected to drop below freezing this morning.”Temperatures are expected to drop to zero.And at midday they are expected to rise to only four degrees Celsius,” he said.By midday yesterday, the weather bureaus at Hosea Kutako Airport and in central Windhoek measured a maximum temperature of 16 degrees.Kgobetsi said temperatures are expected to start rising from tomorrow.Kgobetsi said 2,2 millimetres of rain was recorded at the town yesterday morning.The lowest temperature of -0,7 degrees Celsius was recorded at Outjo, while Keetmanshoop recorded 2.6 degrees and Eros Airport in Windhoek 2,6.Until midday yesterday, temperatures at Keetmanshoop and Mariental were still below 16 degrees.At Keetmanshoop the mercury stood at 11 degrees, while Mariental measured 14 degrees.Kgobetsi said temperatures in the central and southern parts of the country, and part of the Otjozondjupa Region, were expected to drop below freezing this morning.”Temperatures are expected to drop to zero.And at midday they are expected to rise to only four degrees Celsius,” he said.By midday yesterday, the weather bureaus at Hosea Kutako Airport and in central Windhoek measured a maximum temperature of 16 degrees.Kgobetsi said temperatures are expected to start rising from tomorrow.