Africa Briefing Africa Briefing
24 August 2010
Tom Di Liberto Tom Di Liberto
Tom.DiLiberto@noaa.gov Tom.DiLiberto@noaa.gov
Last Week This Week
7 Day
30 Day
Last Week This Week
Satellite Estimated Rainfall Anomaly (May 1 – August 22, 2010)
Satellite Estimated Seasonal Percent of Average (May 1 – August 22, 2010) Last week
Last week This week
This week
Seasonal – 114 days
Precipitation Anomaly
May 1 – August 22, 2010 Kolda- Senegal
Danane- Cote d’Ivoire
WRSI
Soil Water Index (SWI)
August, dekad 2
August, dekad1 August, dekad 2
August, dekad 1
Moisture Index (MI)
Moisture Index, Daily, 10-day, August 15, 2010 Moisture Index, Daily, 10-day, August 15, 2010
Number of Rainy Days in 30 days as of:
August 22/2010 August 15/2010
SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index) August 2010 Dekad 2
Basin Excess Rainfall Map - Catchments August 2010 Dekad 2
7 Day
30 Day
Last Week This Week
Kassala - Sudan Weldiya Ethiopia
Rainfall anomaly May 1 – August 22, 2010
Rainfall anomaly
June 1 – August 22, 2010
Early Warning and Emergency Information Center (EWIC) – Flood Watch Update
Blue Nile – at Diem
Blue Nile – at Khartoum
Early Warning and Emergency Information Center (EWIC) – Flood Watch Update
Atbara River – at Atbara
Gash River
Number of Rainy Days in 30 days as of:
August 15/2010 August 22/2010
Moisture Index, Daily, 10-day, August 22, 2010 Moisture Index, Daily, 10-day, August 15, 2010
WRSI
Soil Water Index (SWI)
August, dekad 2
August, dekad 1 August, dekad 2
August, dekad 1
GEFS Prob. Exceeding 50mm