In the previous article, I offered a definition in the Namibian context to describe a so-called wet spell. In this article, I discuss certain qualifications to that definition.
In the definition of a wet spell, the overall benchmark is rainfall over 3 consecutive days or more, comprising 60mm across the 3 days, at least, and with one of these days producing a measure of 25mm, at least. This is the basic benchmark from which to consider all appearances of wet spells. This may seem like splitting hairs but in a country as dry as Namibia, often an entire season may depend on one or two wet spells.

What happened?
After months of the same repetitive cycle, at last the winter weather pattern has broken and in the past few days positive movement became discernible.
The cold front sequence finally made its impression. The anticyclonic push behind the front brings cooler, often moister, air deep into the interior.