Africa-Press – Namibia. THE southern mountainous areas of Namibia can expect snow early next week, with extremely cold conditions persisting throughout the week in the rest of the region.
This was predicted by Namibia Meteorological Services forecaster Richard Nashikaku, who said the central and eastern parts of the country will also experience very cold conditions next week. Nashikaku added that this coming weekend will also be quite cold in the aforementioned areas, with frontal cooling expected in the South.
Nashikaku advised the public to prepare for the looming cold weather. This advice is particularly directed towards crop and small-scale farmers as extreme cold conditions are known to impact the well-being of plants and animals.
According to the Namibian Agricultural Union (NAU), extreme cold conditions can lead to death or injury of livestock if the animals’ core body temperature drops below 35⁰C.
Farmers are therefore advised to monitor animals during extremely cold conditions and to ensure the provision of good quality food, adequate water and shelter so that animals are protected from the cold and have enough nutrients to produce heat. Given Nashikaku’s predictions, it is safe to say that next week will most likely be much colder than this week.
However, this week was already exceptionally cold in many parts of the country, particularly in the South – and this did not go unnoticed as many people took to social media to vent about the escalating cold conditions experienced in the country.
“I promised that I will not complain about the weather conditions, but that was in Windhoek, so, this is Keetmanshoop and guys, it’s cold,” one Facebook user shared on Monday.
Many others also shared photos on social media in appreciation of the impending winter season. One of these photos was shared by Sponita Van Zyl Luus on Facebook and it shows the frost covering the sand in Aus.
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