Mozambique: Freddy already influencing weather in central and southern coastal provinces

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Mozambique: Freddy already influencing weather in central and southern coastal provinces

4:52 CAT | 22 Feb 2023

FILE - The eye of tropical cyclone Freddy , captured live from the International Space Station, on Friday Feb 16, at 11:31 UTC over the Indian Ocean. [Source; International Space Station]

Cyclone Freddy is already influencing the weather in coastal areas in the centre and south of the country, where winds could reach 80 kilometres per hour with gusts of up to 110 kilometres per hour, waves reach heights of up to six metres and rain exceed 200 mm in 24 hours, with thunderstorms.

Maputo waterfront on the evening of February 21, 2023 as Mozambique braces for #cycloneFreddy. The storm is currently passing over Madagascar and Mauritius. pic.twitter.com/KDG45keJQS

— Zenaida Machado (@zenaidamz) February 21, 2023

National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) forecasts for Wednesday (22-02), the 308th day of Public Health Emergency in Mozambique, predict cloudy skies, sometimes very cloudy, thunderstorms and showers or locally moderate light rain and light to moderate southwest to northwest winds, sometimes gusty, in the provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado and Nampula.

For the provinces of Tete, Zambézia, Manica and Sofala, generally very cloudy skies are forecast, together with thunderstorms and showers or light to moderate locally heavy rain and light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, sometimes with gusts.

In the provinces of Inhambane, Gaza and Maputo, INAM forecasts cloudy or very cloudy skies, thunderstorms and showers or locally moderate light rain and light to moderate southwest to southeast winds, sometimes with gusts.

Temperatures below.

The eye of tropical cyclone #Freddy – captured live from the @Space_Station at 11:31 UTC today over the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Expected to make landfall there on Tuesday, Feb 21
Equivalent to a category 4 hurricane and getting stronger.
Feb 17, 2023 @WMO pic.twitter.com/q55IHD36qh

— ISS Above (@ISSAboveYou) February 17, 2023