High Impact Weather

CENTRE AFRICAIN POUR LES APPLIC
ATIONS
CA
DE LA METEOROLOGIE AU DEVELOPPEMENT
Institution Africaine parrainée par la CEA
et l’OMM
AFRICAN CENTRE OF METEOROLOGICAL
APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
African Institution under the aegis of UNECA and WMO
SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING
PREVISION DES CONDITIONS METEO A FORT IMPACT: PSN06- 819
Date of issue / Etablie le: February, 0st 2015
This bulletin is a three days forecast for occurrences of five severe weather phenomena (Heavy Rainfall,
Rainfall, Strong wind,
wind, Extreme
temperature,
temperature, Dust or Sand,
Sand, Wave)
Wave).
Ce bulletin donne une prévision à trois jours de l’occurrence de cinq phénomènes météorologiques à fort impact (Fortes Pluies , vent
fort,
fort, Températures
Températures Extrêmes,
Extrêmes, Poussière ou vent de sable,
sable, Vague ).
MAP OF SW OCCURRENCE ON FEBRUARY, 2nd 2015
LEGEND
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Medium:
Medium East Mozambique,
North/Central
/Central Madagascar.
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Low: Central Zambia,
Malawi, North-west
North
Mozambique.
South
Temperature > 40°C: South Chad, North CAR,
South-east of Sudan and East/North/Central of
South Sudan.
Temperature < 0°C:
North-west
st Algeria.
Algeria
North-east
Morocco,
Atmospheric dust Visibility < 5 Km: Northwest
Mauritania,
South
South-east
Morocco,
South/West/North
South/West/North-east
Algeria, Central/South
Tunisia,
North/South-west/Central
Libya,
North-west
west Egypt.
Wave>3m: North-east coast of Libya.
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MAP OF SW OCCURRENCE ON FEBRUARY, 3rd 2015
LEGEND
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Medium: Central
Madagascar
Madagascar.
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Low: Central Zambia, South
Malawi, North/North-east
North/North
Mozambique.
Temperature > 40°C: South Chad, North
CAR, South-east
South
of Sudan and East/North
of South Sudan.
Temperature < 0°C: North Morocco, North
Algeria..
Atmospheric dust Visibility < 5 Km: South
Morocco, North-west Mauritania, West
Algeria, North/South/Central
Libya,
North-west
west Egypt.
Wave>3m: North-east Coast of Algeria,
North coast of Tunisia.
MAP OF SW OCCURRENCE ON FEBUARY, 4th 2015
LEGEND
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Medium:
Medium NIL.
Rainfall > 50mm/24h
Confidence: Low: West/South-east DRC,
South
Malawi,
Central/North
Central/North-east
Mozambique, Central Madagascar.
Temperature > 40°C: South Chad, South
of Sudan and East/North/Central
East
of South
Sudan.
Temperature < 0°C: North-east Morocco,
North-west
west Algeria.
Algeria
Atmospheric dust Visibility < 5 Km:
North-west
west Mauritania,
Mauritania North Niger, South
Libya, North-west
North
Egypt, North/West
Chad.
Wave>3m: North-east coast of Algeria,
North coast of Tunisia.
Source: Synthesis of:
1) Dynamic of atmosphere by different global models (ECMWF, GFS, ARPEGE, UKMO),
2) Index of extreme events from ECMWF (http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/med
http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/medium/eps/efi/efi_tp/
ium/eps/efi/efi_tp/),
3) Occurrence probability of extreme precipitation from TIGGE project ensemble models (http://tparc.mri-jma.go.jp/TIGGE/tigge_extreme_prob.html
(
jma.go.jp/TIGGE/tigge_extreme_prob.html),
probability exceeding the 90th percentile [%]
4) MJO active phase.
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