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African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)

U.S. NOAA/NCEP GFS FORECASTS

WEST AFRICA


CURRENT 00Z GFS FORECAST RUN

Surface and Column Parameters

Past 6 days 6-hourly GDAS Near Surface Analysis
5-day Total Precipitation
24 Hour Total Precipitation 6hourly Precipitation - 4 Panel
6hourly Precipitation - Single Panel MSLP and Surface Winds
Column Precipitable Water 1000mb-500mb Height Thickness
180-0 mb above gnd CAPE 180-0 mb above gnd CIN
Minimum 2m-Temperature Maximum 2m-Temperature
Lifted Index Surface Temperature
K-Index Total Totals Index

GFS SkewT-LogP plots for selected locations

Dakar(Senegal) Accra(Ghana) Niamey(Niger)
Abidjan(Ivory Coast) Lome(Togo) Douala(Cameroon)
Djamina(Chad) Bamako(Mali) Conakry(Guinea)
Lagos(Nigeria) Nauakchott(Mauritania) Bissau(Guinea-Bissau)

GDAS and GFS PRESSURE LEVEL VARIABLES

Variables / Levels 925hpa 850hpa 700hpa 500hpa 300hpa 200hpa
Winds GDAS    GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Temperature GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Heights GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Rel.Humidity GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Rel.Vorticity GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Vert.Velocity GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS
Theta-E GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS GDAS   GFS

NCEP ENSEMBLE FORECASTS

500mb Spaghetti plots (5800, 5850 isolines) 500mb Spaghetti plots (5900, 5950 isolines)
Spaghetti Diagrams of 10kt Isoline (10m wind) Spaghetti Diagrams of 15kt Isoline (10m wind)
Probability of 10m-wind speed exceeding 10kts Probability of 10m-wind speed exceeding 15kts
Probability of 6hr precipitation exceeding 5mm Probability of 6hr precipitation exceeding 10mm
Probability of 6hr precipitation exceeding 20mm Probability of 6hr precipitation exceeding 40mm
Probability of 24hr precipitation exceeding 10mm Probability of 24hr precipitation exceeding 20mm
Probability of 24hr precipitation exceeding 40mm Probability of 24hr precipitation exceeding 75mm
Spaghetti Diagrams of 50mm/6hr Precip Isoline


Other Forecast Runs including Previous Forecasts
Current Day 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z


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