Namibia: Freak Conditions Cause Summer Storms

Windhoek — Conveniently, "weather" happened on the eve of going to press. Wednesday morning's skies revealed a persistence of the recent favourable cloud patterns, but with a difference.

Early morning observation saw low cloud, orographic cumulus, above the Auas Mountains. This mass of moist air is typical of a summer pattern and not much was expected of it but before midday, active cumulus build-up was widespread: with a few raindrops.

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