Rain prospects remain good

WINDHOEK has received much more rain so far this month than during the whole of January last year.Weatherman Simon Dirkse says from January 1 to 7, the city received 183,8 millimetres of rain.

Last year January, Windhoek only received 67,8 mm. During January 2004, the city received a massive 263,7 mm.Although the rains came late this year, farmers are jubilant about the heavy downpours experienced since New Year’s Day.Communal farmers in the North have started ploughing their mahangu fields, hoping for a good harvest this year if the rain continues for the rest of the planting season.However, some farmers cannot plough their fields as they are too wet after the heavy rains, while others are complaining about high rental fees of tractors.According to the Weather Bureau, rainfall prospects remain good until Friday.Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje says there is a 40 to 50 per cent chance of rain in the north-eastern parts of the country today and tomorrow, and a 20 to 40 per cent chance in the central parts.Of the rainfall figures measured yesterday morning, Suiderhof suburb in Windhoek received 5 mm while Katima Mulilo measured 3,9 mm.During January 2004, the city received a massive 263,7 mm.Although the rains came late this year, farmers are jubilant about the heavy downpours experienced since New Year’s Day.Communal farmers in the North have started ploughing their mahangu fields, hoping for a good harvest this year if the rain continues for the rest of the planting season.However, some farmers cannot plough their fields as they are too wet after the heavy rains, while others are complaining about high rental fees of tractors.According to the Weather Bureau, rainfall prospects remain good until Friday.Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje says there is a 40 to 50 per cent chance of rain in the north-eastern parts of the country today and tomorrow, and a 20 to 40 per cent chance in the central parts.Of the rainfall figures measured yesterday morning, Suiderhof suburb in Windhoek received 5 mm while Katima Mulilo measured 3,9 mm.