AFRICA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

EXPERT ASSESSMENTS, FORECASTS AND SUMMARIES

Daily Weather Report

Week1    Week2 Forecasts

Africa Monsoon Weekly

Weekly Hazards (USAID)

Seasonal Rainfall Outlooks

NWP MODEL FORECAST MAPS
GFS Forecast Maps

Precip 24hr 3-day Week1 Week2

Temp TMIN2m TMAX2m TMean2m 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Wind 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

RH 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Heights 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

RelVort 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Vert.Vel 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

ThetaE 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Stability SkewT-LogP TMIN TMAX TMIN(Land) TMAX(Land) Dew Point MSLP CAPE CIN K-Index Lifted Index Total Totals Index

00Z Cycle GEFS Precip Probability Forecast Maps

6-Hourly Total 1 mm 5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 20 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm

24-Hourly Total 5 mm 10 mm 20 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm

Week-1 Total 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 200 mm 300 mm 400 mm

Week-2 Total 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 200 mm 300 mm 400 mm

00Z Cycle GEFS Mean, Spread and Spaghetti Maps

Precip Mean&Spread 6hrly 24hrly 3day Total WK1 Total WK2 Total

500mb Spaghetti 5350-5450 5550-5670 5700-5870

10m Wind Spaghetti 20 kt 30 kt 40 kt 50kt

Week-2 Total 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm

CDAS Analyses and GFS Forecast Products

CDAS Wind (Global) 850mbPent1 200mbPent1 850mbPent2 200mbPent2

CDAS Wind (Africa) 850mbPent1 200mbPent1 850mbPent2 200mbPent2

Pentad GFS Wind 850mb (Global) 200mb (Global) 850mb (Africa) 200mb (Africa)

GFS WK1,Wk2 Precip WK1 Global WK2 Global WK1 Africa WK2 Africa

WRF Precipitation Forecasts (20km Resolution)

All North Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total Precip All

Sahel Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total Precip All

Horn Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total Precip All

ArabPeninsula Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total 925mb

Central Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total All

Southern Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total 925mb

Madagascar Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total All

ANALYSES AND MONITORING
Current 00Z GDAS Analyses

Sfc Vars Tmin 6hrly Tmax 6hrly Tmin 24h Tmax 24h MSLP 6hrly 2mRH 6hrly PWAT 6hrly OLWRF 6hrly

Temp 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Wind 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

RH 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Heights 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Rel.Vort 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb

Vert.Vel 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb

ThetaE 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

GTS Station Precipitation and Temperature Data

Daily Precip Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

Wkly Precip Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

10Day Precip Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

Month Precip Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

Daily Temp Max Temp Min Temp Mean Temp Norm Temp Temp Anom

Wkly Temp Max Temp Min Temp Mean Temp Norm Temp Temp Anom

10Day Temp Max Temp Min Temp Mean Temp Norm Temp Temp Anom

Month Temp Max Temp Min Temp Mean Temp Norm Temp Temp Anom

Climate, Weather and Teleconnections

SST & Anomalies Weekly SST (Global) Weekly SST (Pacific) Weekly SST (Atl&Ind) Monthly SST (Global) Monthly SST (Pacific) Monthly SST (Atl&Ind)

ENSO and MJO CPC ENSO Page CPC MJO Page Weekly MJO Update Weekly MJO Update

Other Tele Connections Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

StnPrecip Monitoring Reported Estimated Normal Anomaly %Normal

ITCZ, Synoptic Waves and Hurricane Monitoring

ITCZ (ITF)

HOVM1

HOVM2

HOVM3

HOVM4

GFS (AMMA)

Africa Monsoon

Hurricane

SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES
Current IR Loop and Satellite Precipitation Estimates

Current IR Loop

Latest Images

Daily Archive

Dekadal Archive

RFE Climatology

RFE Seasonal Clim

Satellite Precipitation Estimates: Running Rainfall Totals and Anomalies

7day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

10day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

30day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

60day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

90day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

120day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

150day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

180day Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip % Normal

Satellite Precipitation Estimates: Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Rainfall Totals and Anomalies

Monthly Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip Percent Normal

3-Monthly Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip Percent Normal

May-October Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip Percent Normal

November-March Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip Percent Normal

Annual Total Precip Mean Precip Anom Precip Percent Normal

Satellite Precipitation Estimates: Grid Point and Box Averaged Rainfall Time series

30day Box

30day Point

90day Box

90day Point

180day Box

180day Point