<div dir="ltr"><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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<br>
<b>HIGHLIGHTS:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>African Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:12pt"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another
week of moderate to locally heavy rainfall sustained moisture surpluses over
northern DRC, eastern CAR, many parts of Ethiopia, and southeastern Kenya and
eastern Tanzania.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Week-1
outlooks call for an increased chance for above-average rainfall over much of
Guinea, Sierra Leone, southwestern Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Cote d’Ivoire,
northern Togo, northern Benin, CAR, northern DRC, South Sudan and western
Ethiopia. In contrast, there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall
over southern Cote d’Ivoire, southern Ghana, southern Ethiopia, southern
Somalia, northern Kenya and parts of Uganda.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Asian-Australian
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the past 90 days, normal to slightly below normal
rainfall deficits remain in general over most parts of India, except over
northeastern India and Bangladesh where the rainfall was excess. Large rainfall
deficits are noted over large parts of Australia, except along its east coast.
Elsewhere, the rainfall was generally near to above normal, except over Papa
New Guinea where it was below. For the past 30 days rainfall deficits are found
over Papa New Guinea and along the east coast of Australia. Small deficits are
also noted along coastal southern India, South Korea and some parts of
Japan. Large excess precipitation is
noted over northeastern India. Elsewhere, the rainfall is generally above to
near normal.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this past week, the observed rainfall amounts have
generally been sporadic, and are slightly above normal in some places. In the next couple of weeks the NCEP GFS
model is predicting above normal rainfall over northeastern India in the first
week and below normal rainfall over southeastern China in the second week.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>South American
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Long-term rainfall deficits are present over the Amazon
Basin and central Brazil.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the last 7 days (08 - 14 May 2017), below-average
precipitation was observed over much of the northern South America, as well as
the extreme southern Brazil and southern Chile.
Above-average precipitation was observed over portions of Colombia, Ecuador,
northern Bolivia, Paraguay, eastern Argentina and central Chile.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For 15-21 May 2017, below-average precipitation is predicted
over much of northern South America.
Above-average precipitation is predicted for the extreme southern
Brazil, northeastern Argentina and central Chile.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*For questions or comments, please contact: <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a> (for the African monsoons)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a>
(for Asian-Australian monsoons)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Wei.Shi@noaa.gov">Wei.Shi@noaa.gov</a>
(for American monsoons and for general issues about the CPC Global Monsoons
products)<span></span></p>
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<div cols="72">Wei Shi, Ph.D </div>
<div cols="72">Meteorologist </div>
<div cols="72">Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS/NOAA </div>
<div cols="72">NCWCP Room 3116</div>
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