By Isaac Salima:
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has said the unusual weather condition being experienced in the month of June is a result of warming in the ocean.
This year, the country has not experienced cold weather conditions, which are normally associated with the month of June and preceding months.
Met Deputy Director Charles Vanya said this is a result of climate change, which is being experienced globally.
“So, this year’s June has, indeed, not been usual because of the warming that is taking place in the ocean, which has also affected patterns of weather systems we experience in June in the country. Previously we used to have high pressure systems in the southern part of South Africa and the Indian Ocean, which have not been very strong this year.”
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“The ocean waters are very warm to the extent that the pressure passing over the region is weak to push for cold weather conditions that we usually experience in this month,” he said.
He further said this could become a norm in the month of June in coming years.
“Climate is changing and what should be anticipated is that weather conditions won’t remain the same. So these changes will be happening every year and next time we can expect a very cold June,” he said.
He was, however, quick to say that temperatures are expected to drop from today.
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“Some areas are expected to experience very cold temperatures as compared to how it has been in the past weeks,” he said.
However, the development has affected traders of second-hand clothes who had in stock warm clothes in anticipation of the cold month of June.
“Business has not been going on well because customers are not coming to buy these sweaters as is usually the case in the month of June. This weather has, indeed, affected our sales,” Alinafe Maoni, a kaunjika seller at Limbe Market, said.
