AFRICA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

EXPERT ASSESSMENTS, FORECASTS AND SUMMARIES

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Week1    Week2 Forecasting

Seasonal Rainfall Outlooks

Weekly Hazards     for USAID/FEWS

African Monsoon Weekly

Regional NWP Products

West Africa

East Africa

Southern Africa

Northern Africa

All Africa NWP Products
GFS Forecast Maps

Precip 24hr 3-day Week1 Week2

Temp TMIN2m TMAX2m TMIN(Land) TMAX(Land) Dew Point 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

Column & Surface Variables SkewT-LogP MSLP PWAT CAPE CIN K-Index Lifted Index Total Totals Index

00Z Cycle GEFS Precip Probability Forecast Maps

6-Hourly Total 1 mm 10 mm 30 mm 50 mm 100 mm

24-Hourly Total 5 mm 10 mm 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 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 24hrly 3day Total WK1 Total WK2 Total

500mb Spaghetti 5550-5650 5750-5870 5800-5900

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

10m WindSpeed Prob 10kt 20kt 30kt 40kt

Pentad/Weekly Analyses and extended GFS Forecast Products

CDAS Wind (Global) 850mbPent1 200mbPent1 850mbPent2 200mbPent2 850mbWeek1 200mbWeek1 850mbWeek2 200mbWeek2

CDAS Wind (Africa) 850mbPent1 200mbPent1 850mbPent2 200mbPent2 850mbWeek1 200mbWeek1 850mbWeek2 200mbWeek2

GFS Wind (Global) 850mbPentad 200mbPentad 850mbWeek1 200mbWeek1 850mbWeek2 200mbWeek2

GFS Wind (Africa) 850mbPentad 200mbPentad 850mbWeek1 200mbWeek1 850mbWeek2 200mbWeek2

GFS WK1,Wk2 Precip WK1 Africa WK2 Africa

WRF Precipitation Forecasts (20km Resolution)

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

Sahel Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

Horn Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

ArabPeninsula Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

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

Central Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

Southern Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

Madagascar Day1 Total Day2 Total Day3 Total 3-Day Total

All WRF Forecasts Variables

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSES AND MONITORING PRODUCTS
Current 00Z GDAS Analyses

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

Sfc Vars MSLP CAPE CIN K-Index Lifted Index TotTotals Index

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

Gauge Analysis, Climate, Weather and Teleconnections

CPC Unified Gauge

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

Surface Climatologies Africa

Intertropical Front (ITF), Hurricane and Synoptic Wave Monitoring

ITF ITCZ DewPt 925mbWind

HOVM1

HOVM2

HOVM3

HOVM4

CPC Hurricane Page

Africa Monsoon

SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES
Current IR Loop and Satellite Precipitation Estimates

CurrentIR

DayNightIR

CurrentRFE

ARC Clim

Seasonal ARC

Daily Archive

Dekadal Archive

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