<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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<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"><b> </b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Weekly
total rainfall exceeded 100mm over parts of Cameroon, western CAR, eastern
Sudan and western Ethiopia.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">Below-average
rainfall was observed over much of Senegal, and portions of the Gulf of Guinea
and central Africa countries.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">Week-1
outlooks call for an increased chance for below-average rainfall over parts of
southern Mauritania, Senegal, southern cote d’Ivoire, southern Ghana, southern
Togo, southern Benin, and northeastern Angola and southern DRC. In contrast,
there is an increased chance for above-average rainfall over Guinea, Sierra
Leone, southeastern Mali, western Liberia, northern Cote d’Ivoire, and western
Ethiopia.<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>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, Brazilian Plateau and southern Brazil.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">During the last 7 days, below-average precipitation was observed
over areas in central and southern Brazil. 
Above-average precipitation was observed over portions of northern Peru,
eastern Argentina, Uruguay and the extreme southern Brazil.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">For Days 1-7 (18-24 September 2017), below-average
precipitation is predicted over much of central and southern Brazil, as well as
southern Chile.  Above-average
precipitation is predicted for the extreme southern Brazil, northern Uruguay,
central Bolivia, Ecuador and much of Peru.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></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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