Met Dept provides health tips in the face of cold weather spell
The cold temperatures started with the south-easterly winds extending the cold and cloudy conditions to Bulawayo and Harare Metropolitan, along with southern Midlands and Matabeleland North and Mashonaland East.
Harare- THE Metereological Services Department (MSD) has provided tips to avoid health hazard in the face of cold temperatures which have hit the country,Express Mail Zim can report.
The cold temperatures started with the south-easterly winds extending the cold and cloudy conditions to Bulawayo and Harare Metropolitan, along with southern Midlands and Matabeleland North and Mashonaland East.
The MSD said the cold spell is expected to persist until Wednesday when modest warming would start as the clouds broke, with maximum temperatures forecast to be below 20 degrees Celsius and minimums plummetting as low as 3 degrees Celsius in the early morning.
Matabeleland South, Masvingo, and Manicaland provinces were expected to experience cloudy, windy, and cold conditions for most of today, with a chance of light rain and drizzle in some areas.
The Met Department explained that a significant rise in wind pressure was expected over the south-east coast of Southern Africa.
“The weather should become cloudy, windy and cold over Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland Provinces for much of the coming days with light rain and drizzle in some places.
“These conditions should extend into Bulawayo Metropolitan, southern parts of Matabeleland North and Midlands, as well as both Harare and Mashonaland East Provinces on Sunday and only become slightly warmer on Wednesday as the clouds break,” said the Met Department in a statement.
Express Mail Zim publishes hereunder the tips offered by the Met Department to safeguard health
