<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">Weekly
rainfall surpluses exceeded 100mm over portions of Guinea-Conakry and Sierra
Leone.<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 southern
Mali, northeastern Guinea, northern Cote d&#39;Ivoire, Burkina Faso, northern
Ghana, northern Togo, northern Benin, northwestern Nigeria, southwestern Niger,
eastern South Sudan Republic and western Ethiopia. In contrast, there is an
increased chance for below-average rainfall over eastern Liberia, southern Cote
d&#39;Ivoire, central and southern Ghana, southern Togo, southern Benin, and
southwestern Nigeria.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Not available for this week.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b>North American
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Below-average rainfall has been observed over central Mexico
during the past week. Precipitation in southwestern US and northwestern Mexico
was near-average for the latest 7-day period. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Rainfall accumulations over the past 30 days were
below-average for southwestern US, northern and central Mexico and
above-average over much of southern Mexico. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">NCEP/GFS Forecasts call for near-average precipitation for
Arizona and above-average precipitation for central and southern Mexico for the
next two weeks.<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><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div cols="72"><strong>---------------------------------------------------------------------------    </strong></div>
<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>
<div cols="72">5830 University Research Court    </div>
<div cols="72">College Park, MD 20740  </div>
<div cols="72">USA   </div>
<div cols="72">Phone: (301) 683-3440   </div>
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