The Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-29) has announced that Bulk of the SADC region is likely to receive normal to above-normal rainfall between October and December 2024, including Mauritius and central Madagascar.
This is after the (SARCOF-29) was held virtually from 26 to 28 August 2024 to present a consensus outlook for the 2024/2025 rainfall season over the SADC region in Zimbabwe.
According to a statement issued to RCV News by Zambia Metrological Department ( ZMD), the remainder of the region is likely to receive normal to below normal rainfall during 2024/25 season including the island states of Comoros and Seychelles.
“The period January to March 2025 is expected to have normal to above normal rainfall for most of the region except for, south-western fringes of South Africa, south-eastern and western most of DRC, north-western Angola, Tanzania, northern Zambia, northern Malawi, northern Mozambique and central western tip of Madagascar, ” read the statement.
Temperature outlook for the entire 2024/25 rainfall season are expected to be mostly above long term averages over the whole SADC region.
Angel Kasabo
