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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">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml</a>
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS:</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b>African Monsoons:</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Weekly
rainfall surpluses exceeded 100mm over parts of central Kenya.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Week-1
outlooks call for an increased chance for above-average rainfall over
southeastern Nigeria, central and southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,
southern CAR, Congo, parts of northern Angola, and western and central DRC.
Outlooks also call for above-average rainfall over eastern Kenya, northeastern
Tanzania, parts of southeastern Ethiopia and southern Somalia. In contrast,
there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall over portions of
Madagascar.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b>Asian-Australian
Monsoons:</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Not available this week.</p>

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Monsoons:</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">During the last 7 days, below-average precipitation was
observed over much of southern Brazil, southern Paraguay, southern Chile and
central Colombia.  Above-average
precipitation was observed over much of the extreme southern Brazil, Uruguay
and portions of northern Argentina, Peru and southern Colombia.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">For 21 - 27 October 2019, NCEP/GFS forecasts call for below-average
precipitation over portions of the northwestern and southern Brazil, Paraguay,
central Bolivia, southern Peru, northwestern Colombia and much of Venezuela.
Above-average precipitation is predicted for portions of central Brazil,
Uruguay, northern Peru and southern Colombia.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">*For questions or comments, please contact: </p>

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<a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov" style="color:blue">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a>  (for the African monsoons)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov" style="color:blue">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a>
 (for Asian-Australian monsoons)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><a href="mailto:Wei.Shi@noaa.gov" style="color:blue">Wei.Shi@noaa.gov</a> 
(for American monsoons and for general issues about the CPC Global Monsoons
products)</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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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