<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">Below-average
rainfall was observed over many places in the Gulf of Guinea countries.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">Another
week of moderate to locally heavy rainfall sustained moisture surpluses across
portions of South Sudan, southern Sudan and Ethiopia.<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-Conakry, Sierra Leon, Liberia and western Cote d’Ivoire. In contrast,
there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall over portions of
Burkina Faso, southwestern Niger, northern Benin, northern Nigeria,
southeastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda and northwestern Kenya.<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 at this time. Will be updated later today.<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 western and southern Brazil, the Amazon Basin, as well
as southern Chile and western Colombia. 
Above-average precipitation was observed over portions of eastern
Colombia.<span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal">For Days 1-7 (25 Sep – 01 Oct 2017), below-average
precipitation is predicted over much of Venezuela, the Amazon Basin, as well as
southern Peru and southern Chile. 
Above-average precipitation is predicted for the southern Brazil,
Uruguay, eastern Argentina, Paraguay, southwestern Bolivia and portions of
western and northern Colombia.<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>
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