<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">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" target="_blank">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/<wbr>products/Global_Monsoons/<wbr>Global-Monsoon.shtml</a> <br><br><b>HIGHLIGHTS:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>African Monsoons:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b> </b></p><p class="gmail-m2356590297303550260gmail-msolistparagraph" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Above-average rainfall was observed
across eastern Angola, much of Zambia, northern Botswana, northern Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Mozambique and southern Madagascar.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">

<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Week-1 outlooks call for an increased chance
for above-average rainfall over parts of Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, western DRC,
northwestern Angola, portions of western Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. In
contrast, there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall over portions
of Burundi, eastern DRC, Tanzania, eastern Zambia, northern Malawi, and
northern Mozambique.</span><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>Asian-Australian Monsoons:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">For the past 90 days, below normal rainfall deficits remain
in general over many parts of the Middle East, much of central and southern
India, South Korea, Japan, Papua New Guinea, and the deficits accrue over large
parts of north central and north eastern Australia. Elsewhere across southeast
Asia, and over western Australia, and southeastern China, 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, Sumatra island, and
northern and northeastern and eastern Australia where the rainfall deficits are
severe. Western Australia is receiving some above normal rainfall for this period.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">

</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this past week, rainfall over the region was below normal
over New Guinea Island, southeastern China, and over large parts of Indonesian
Archipelago, northern and northeastern Australia. In the upcoming two weeks,
the NCEP GFS model continues to predict below normal rainfall over southeastern
China, and northeastern Australia. However, above normal rainfall is forecast
over northwestern and western Australia.  <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><b>South American Monsoons:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">No update is available this week.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">*For questions or comments, please contact:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br><a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a> (for the African monsoons)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a>  (for Asian-Australian monsoons)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:Wei.Shi@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Wei.Shi@noaa.gov</a>  (for American monsoons and for general issues about the CPC Global Monsoons products)</p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail-m_448716457132282234gmail_signature"><div cols="72"><strong>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---------------   </strong></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><font face="verdana,sans-serif">------------------------------------------------</font><br></div>Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah, eMail: <a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a><br></div>Rm. 3008, Climate Prediction Center, Ph: (301) 683-3393<br></div>NCEP/NWS/NOAA/U.S.Dept.of Commerce,<br></div>5830, University Research Court, NCWCP,<br></div>College Park, MD 20740<br></div></div></div>
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