{"id":466000,"date":"2018-02-20T17:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/meteorological-agency-warns-of-imminent-rainstorm\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T17:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:30:28","slug":"meteorological-agency-warns-of-imminent-rainstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/meteorological-agency-warns-of-imminent-rainstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteorological Agency warns of imminent rainstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/89221187.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Meteorological Agency GMA\" title=\"Ghana Meteorological Agency GMA\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Some of the places likely to experience heavy downpours  include Aflao, Ada, Keta, Accra, and Tema<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519147828_631_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of an imminent rainstorm, likely to hit parts of the country today [Tuesday] February 20, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the places likely to experience heavy downpours according to the Agency include Aflao, Ada, Keta, Accra, Tema and Madina.<\/p>\n<p>The rest are Cape Coast, Saltpond, Mankessim in the Central Region and Sekondi, Takoradi and Axim in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Rainstorm observed on the south-eastern border of the country is expected to move west to affect the Eastern Coast this morning, and further move west to affect the Central and Western Coasts later in the day. The storm is expected to be preceded by moderate winds,\u201d the statement added. The Meteorological Agency said the storm will be experienced at varied times between 9:00am and 4:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>There are already some showers in parts of the capital with other places experiencing some thick cloud cover.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full statement:<\/p>\n<p>Weather Warning<\/p>\n<p>VALID 20\/02\/2018<\/p>\n<p>A Rainstorm observed on the south-eastern border of the country is expected to move west to affect the Eastern Coast this morning, and further move west to affect the Central and Western Coasts later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The storm is expected to be preceded by moderate winds.<\/p>\n<p>Places to be affected are as follows.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/37866629.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Update on the storm will be issued known as and when necessary<\/p>\n<p>ISSUED AT 0800UTC                                                                     DATE: 20\/02\/2018<\/p>\n<p>BY GHANA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY, FORECAST DIVISION, KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ACCRA<\/p>\n<p>BOAKYE Raphael Osei<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(DUTY FORECASTER)<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-02-20 Some of the places likely to experience heavy downpours include Aflao, Ada, Keta, Accra, and Tema The Ghana Meteorological Agency has warned of an imminent rainstorm, likely to hit parts of the country today [Tuesday] February 20, 2018. 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