EAST AFRICA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

00Z Cycle GFS Forecasts

Precip 24hr 3-day Week1 Week2

Temperature 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

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

Relative Humidity 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

Relative Vorticity 200 mb 300 mb 500 mb 700 mb 850 mb 925 mb

Vertical Velocity 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

Surface Variables 24hr Total Precip TMIN TMAX TMIN(Land Only) TMAX(Land Only) Dew Point MSLP CAPE CIN K-Index Lifted Index Total Totals Index

GFS Forecast Sounding Plots at Selected Stations

Nairobi(KENYA)

Kisumu(KENYA)

Addis Ababa(ETHIOPIA)

Gore(ETHIOPIA)

Dar Es Salaam(TANZANIA)

Mtwara(TANZANIA)

Kampala(UGANDA)

Masindi(UGANDA)

Kigali(RWANDA)

Kansi Paro(RWANDA)

Bujumbura(BURUNDI)

Muyinga(BURUNDI)

00Z Cycle GEFS Probability and Spaghetti Maps

6h TotPrecip Prob 1 mm 5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 20 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm

24h TotPrecip Prob 5 mm 10 mm 20 mm 30 mm 40 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm

Wk1 TotPrecip Prob 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 200 mm 300 mm 400 mm

Wk2 TotPrecip Prob 25 mm 50 mm 75 mm 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 200 mm 300 mm 400 mm

Wind Speed Prob 10Kt 20Kt 30Kt 40Kt

WindSpeed Spaghetti 10kt 20kt 30kt 40kt

Precip Spaghetti 6h5mm 6h10mm 6h25mm 6h50mm

500hpa Hgt Spaghetti 500hpa 1 500hpa 2 500hpa 3

GDAS Analyses

Current IR IR Loop

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

SATELLITE DERIVED PRODUCTS

CPC RFE

CMORPH Rainfall

7day IR Loop

30day Precip TimeSeries