The Uganda National Meteorological Authority has set up a 12 billion Shillings weather radar station for the western region.
The Radar in Mwizi Sub County, Rwampara District will track severe weather events affecting the region, especially thunderstorms, lightning, squalls and heavy rainfall and help to enhance weather forecast, targeting to know where exactly it will rain or shine at micro-climate level and determine what to improve in terms of environment protection.
Uganda National Meteorological Authority Public Relations Officer Lilian Nkwenge says that the radar covers a radius of 500 kilometres of Western and South Western parts of the country.
Nkwenge said it will also be covering the Northern parts of Tanzania and Rwanda adding that Uganda now has three radars, one in Entebbe, Lira and now in Rwampara making Uganda the biggest weather station for East Africa.
Nkwenge says that getting the new radar will enable the authority to detect severe weather and boost the theme of this year which is Early Warning Early Action.
The Head of Information Technology at UNMA Solom Mageni said that the unveiling of the new radar will be a boost to the Weather forecast for the region.
He says the authority is moving to research and advanced technology noting that the Radar at Mwizi hill is one of the most advanced in the world.
Mbarara City will this week host the National Meteorological Day on March 23, 2022, under the auspices of the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA).
The much-anticipated celebrations started on Monday with a number of activities including an exhibition of Farmers, scholars Institutions like Universities among others at the Mayor’s Gardens.
The events held every year by the Meteorological Community are to celebrate the coming into force of the World Meteorological Organisation Convention, which created the World Meteorological Organization, the Specialized Agency of the United Nations for weather, climate, and hydrology.
Uganda will hold this year’s world meteorological day, under the theme “early warning and early action.
