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<p class="MsoNormal">The weekly PowerPoint presentations summarizing the recent
variability of the global monsoon systems have been updated on the CPC Global
Monsoons website: <br>
<a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml</a>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">HIGHLIGHTS:</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">African Monsoons (AFMS.ppt):</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Many
places in the Sahel region continued to receive above-average rainfall, whereas
rainfall deficits prevailed over portions of the Gulf of Guinea countries.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Week-1
outlooks call for an increased chance for above-average rainfall across
Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Sierra Leone, western Liberia, southern Mali,
northwestern Cote d’Ivoire, and western Ethiopia. In contrast, there is an
increased chance for below-average rainfall over South Sudan Republic and the
neighboring places of Uganda and northeastern DRC.</span></p>

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normal"> </b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Asian-Australian
Monsoons (AAMS.ppt):</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">AAMS weekly summary is not available for the weeks of Aug.
24, 31, and Sept. 08, and will be resumed on Sept. 14, 2015.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">North American
Monsoons (NAMS.ppt):</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Near-average rainfall has been observed over northwestern
Mexico and southwestern US during the past week.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Rainfall accumulations over the past 30 days were
below-average over nearly the entire NAM domain except for northwestern Mexico
and Arizona state.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">NCEP/GFS Forecasts call for slightly above-average rainfall
over northwestern Mexico and southwestern US during the next two weeks.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">South American
Monsoons (SAMS.ppt):</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The South American Monsoon System 2014-2015 wet season has
ended. The next weekly update will be prepared in September 2015. The summary
of the 2014-2015 wet season can be found on the following webpage:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/American_Monsoons/American_Monsoons.shtml">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/American_Monsoons/American_Monsoons.shtml</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
*For questions or comments, please contact: </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a> (for the African monsoons)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a> (for Asian-Australian monsoons)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Vernon.Kousky@noaa.gov">Vernon.Kousky@noaa.gov</a>
(for South American monsoons)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Wei.Shi@noaa.gov">Wei.Shi@noaa.gov</a> 
(for North American monsoon update and for general issues about the CPC Global
Monsoons products)</p>

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