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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml</a>
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS:<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>African Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>Weekly
rainfall surpluses exceeded 100mm over northeastern Madagascar, due to tropical
cyclone Eliakim.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>Another
week of moderate to heavy rainfall sustained moisture surpluses over many
places in East Africa.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>Week-1
outlooks call for an increased chance for above-average rainfall over parts of
Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, Angola,
northeastern Namibia, western Zambia, Botswana and parts of South Africa. In
contrast, there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall over
southeastern Zambia, southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, and portions of
Mozambique.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Asian-Australian
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For the past 90 days, below normal rainfall deficits remain
over northern and central Australia, Papua New Guinea, as well as over the
Middle East and parts of east central India. Elsewhere, in general, the
rainfall amounts received were at normal to above normal levels. For the past
30 days,<span> </span>the notable features are the
lower rainfall amounts over northwestern Australia and over New Guinea island,
especially over Papua New Guinea and also over coastal south eastern China. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this past week, the main rainfall feature is the below
normal amounts received over all across northern Australia and northern
Sumatra. Elsewhere, east central China and far southern India got well needed
rain. In the upcoming two weeks, the NCEP GFS model is predicting below normal
rainfall over southeastern China, Papua New Guinea, and coastal<span> </span>northwestern Australia. But slightly above
normal rainfall is forecast over coastal northeastern Australia.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>South American
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Long-term rainfall deficits are present over the Amazon
Basin and the Brazilian Plateau.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">During the last 7 days, below-average precipitation was
observed over much of northern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern
Argentina, southern Bolivia, Ecuador and central Colombia. Above-average
precipitation was observed over portions of central and the extreme southern
Brazil, southern Chile and northern Peru. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For Days 1-7 (19 - 25 Mar 2018), below-average precipitation
is predicted over portions of northern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina
and southern Bolivia. Above-average precipitation is predicted for portions of
central and the extreme southern Brazil, Uruguay and Peru.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*For questions or comments, please contact: <span></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a> (for the African monsoons)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a>
<span> </span>(for Asian-Australian monsoons)<span></span></p>
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(for American monsoons and for general issues about the CPC Global Monsoons
products)<span></span></p>
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