By Petronella Sibeene WINDHOEK The chilly weather that prevailed over Windhoek and the southern and central parts over the weekend would start warming up and normalizing by tomorrow, the Windhoek Weather Bureau forecast yesterday. Very cold conditions were experienced in the southern and central parts of the country with temperatures dropping to almost zero degrees Celsius coupled with a drizzle of less than one millimetre. At Karasburg, the temperatures dropped to as low as 0.5 Celsius; at Hosea Kutako, readings of 0.2 degrees Celsius were taken; while Eros airport recorded temperatures as low as 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to weather forecaster Simon Dirkse, temperatures will start picking up as from tomorrow until Thursday when it will become warm. Temperatures are set to start dropping again on Friday although the cold will not be as severe as during the past weekend and yesterday. Today, most parts from the coast to the central and southern parts and even the northern regions are expected to experience sub-zero temperatures. Weather forecast figures show that Rehoboth and Windhoek will have minimum temperatures of zero degrees Celsius, while Keetmanshoop will be as cold as one degree Celsius. Areas such as Bagani, Rundu, Okongo, Ondangwa, Eenhana, Okaukuejo, Opuwo, Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Oranjemund, Okongo, Henties Bay and Walvis Bay will have minimum temperatures ranging from five to nine degrees Celsius. In Windhoek the sun rises at 06h19 and will set at 17h18. The wind will be moderate south-easterly to south-westerly, but south-westerly in the north. The interior will be fine and cold in the south with frost in the morning, otherwise mild but warm to hot in the north. Winter in Namibia starts in April and lasts no longer than two or three months. August at the coast and July in the interior are the coldest months, with the lowest temperatures experienced in east-central Namibia. Namibians on April 1 every year turn their clocks back by one hour as the country changes to wintertime. The time changes as Namibia enters its winter season that officially starts at 02:00 on the first Sunday of April of every year, and reverts back to summer time at 02:00 on the first Sunday of September each year. During winter, temperatures seldom fall below zero. Frost is limited to 10 – 30 occurrences a year in the coldest part the interior and fewer than 10 everywhere else. It is rare in the north and unknown at the coast. Snow is almost unknown.