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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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normal"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Suppressed
rainfall prevailed across many places in the Gulf of Guinea countries, whereas
above-average rainfall was observed over much of Tanzania and portions of
Kenya.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Week-1
outlook calls for an increased chance for below-average rainfall over much of
Nigeria, and portions of Benin and northern Cameroon. In contrast, there is an
increased chance for above-average rainfall over many parts of Ethiopia,
northwestern Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Tanzania.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Asian-Australian
Monsoons (AAMS.ppt):</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the past 90 days rainfall amounts are showing minor
deficits across southern India, and major deficits over large parts of
Australia and southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia,
the Philippines and eastern Papua New Guinea.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>However, northeastern India, coastal southeastern China and many parts
of Indonesia received much above normal rainfall. For the past 30 days the
rainfall situation was deficient over the Philippines islands, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>northwestern and southeastern
Australia. The exception is over northeastern India, southeastern China, and
parts of Indonesia.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In this past week, rainfall was more than normal over
northeastern India and vicinity, southeastern China and slightly interior
areas. Weekly rainfall is deficient elsewhere in the region and as we move into
northern spring, rainfall is slowly and completely moving away from Australia.
In the next couple of weeks the NCEP GFS model is predicting slightly above
normal rainfall over extreme southern peninsular India, northern India and
eastern China. Elsewhere below normal rainfall is predicted over southeastern
Asian countries.</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">Long-term rainfall deficits continue over the Amazon Basin
and central Brazil. The rainy season has ended over central Brazil.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the last 7 days (18-24 April 2016), below-average
precipitation was observed over most of Brazil south of the equator.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Above-average precipitation was observed over
Uruguay, northeastern Argentina, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
and French Guiana.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For 25 April-1 May 2016, above-average precipitation is
predicted for northern South America, and below-average precipitation is
predicted for the Amazon Basin, south of the equator.</p>
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*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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