Rank: Member Joined: 1/13/2012 Posts: 139
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What makes projections accurate in the west is that they heavily rely on satellites and very accurate weather models, but of most importance, they track weather changes in real time. Case in point the hurricane season, they have weather projections by the hour. In Kenya for a very long time, we relied on post weather reporting- Wind speeds was Xkm/hr, rain fell Xmm, etc. We can pay Elon Musk to send a weather satellite- 0 Maintaince, cost, 10M usd to track Equator/Indian Ocean weather patterns, monetize the data and do planning. Weather trends are long gone kawi254 wrote:murchr wrote:Ati mlisema hii mvua inaitwa nini tena? Another round of rains announced  hardwood wrote:Nope. I am not wrong. So have farmers planted now that it has rained? These are just the early rains that occur for a few days then stop before the real rains begins. They are what Mugabe and zimbabweans call gukurahundi i.e "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains". The early rains have been a much welcome pleasant surprise to farmers and where i farm farmers have already planted. Whilst @KenyaMetService have been accurate of late i bet they can't see that much into the future as they had predicted the rains will not last and advised farmers not to plant yet ( I think climate change is real; one day the winds are blowing from East, next day from W, and then North the day after.) . I hope and pray that the rains continue into April, May and June and it will be a good year for Kenya with less food imports hence saving forex.
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