<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
rainfall surpluses exceeded 100mm over northeastern Mozambique.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Suppressed
rainfall prevailed over southern Zambia, southeastern Angola, Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, portions of Mozambique, South Africa and much of
Madagascar.<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 portions
of Angola, southern DRC, northern Zambia, northern Malawi, southern Tanzania,
northern Mozambique, and eastern South Africa. In contrast, there is an
increased chance for below-average rainfall over southeastern Angola, southern
Zambia, eastern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Malawi and southern
Mozambique.<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, below normal rainfall deficits remain
in general over much of central and southern India, South Korea, Papua New
Guinea, Cambodia, and parts of north central and north eastern Australia.
Elsewhere else the monsoon rainfall is at normal to above normal levels. For
the past 30 days, rainfall amounts were
generally at near or slightly above normal levels across the region, except
over Papua New Guinea northern and
northeastern Australia where the rainfall deficits are severe. Slight deficits
are also noted over southeastern coast of India.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this past week, rainfall over the region was generally
mixed, with below normal rainfall regions exceeding the other categories. Northern Australia, finally began to receive
some decent rainfall. Eastern Australia continues to be dry. In the upcoming
two weeks, the NCEP GFS model above normal rainfall over the northern
Australia, where the rainfall so far has been highly deficient. More rainfall
is also predicted over eastern China. Elsewhere below normal rainfall has been
forecasted.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><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 the Brazilian Plateau.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the last 7 days, below-average precipitation was
observed over much of Brazil, northern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Above-average precipitation was observed over
portions of southern Brazil, Uruguay, northern Bolivia, northern Peru and
southern Colombia.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For Days 1-7 (22 - 28 Jan 2018), below-average precipitation
is predicted over much of Brazil, western Ecuador, central Peru, Bolivia,
central Argentina and southern Chile. Above-average precipitation is predicted
for portions of southern Brazil, southern Paraguay, northern Argentina and
southern Peru.<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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