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World
Meteorological Organization El Nino/La Nina Update
Climate patterns across the equatorial Pacific over the
last 1-2 months have developed a notable tendency toward
El Niño conditions. There is general agreement that the
development of a weak to moderate basin-wide El Niño is
now likely and that such an event would persist into
early 2007.
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Statement from the 10th Southern Africa Regional
Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-10) held in Gaborone,
Botswana 6 - 7 September 2006
The
northern parts of the SADC region (DRC, northeastern
part of Angola, northern Tanzania, most of northern
Zambia, southern Malawi and part of northern Mozambique)
have an increased chance of receiving normal to
above-normal rainfall during the October–December 2006
season.
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Related Information |
 FEWS
Water Requirement Satisfaction Index (WRSI)
WRSI
is an indicator of crop performance based on the
availability of water to the crop during a growing
season. WRSI for a season is based on the water supply
and demand a crop experiences during a growing season.
www.fews.net/imagery/?pageID=imageryWrsi |
 FEWS
Rainfall Estimates (RFE)
Meteosat
Rainfall Estimation (RFE) imagery is an automated
(computer-generated) product which uses Meteosat
infrared data, rain gauge reports from the global
telecommunications system, and microwave satellite
observations within an algorithm to provide RFE in mm at
an approximate horizontal resolution of 10 km.
www.fews.net/imagery/?pageID=imageryRfe |
 FEWS
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
The NDVI
image provides an indication of the vigor and density of
vegetation on the ground. Images of NDVI are sometimes
referred to as "greenness maps" since they represent the
vegetative vigor of plants.
www.fews.net/imagery/?pageID=imageryNdvi |
TFC
Commodity Weather Forecasts - South Africa Current Crop
Moisture
Weather
forecasts related to agricultural commodities, crop
development & energy futures http://weather.tradingcharts.com/S_Africa_Current_Crop_Moisture.html |
USDA - Southern Africa Weekly Precipitation Maps
Production Estimates and Crop
Assessment Division Foreign Agricultural Service
www.fas.usda.gov/pecad/weather/soafrica.html |
UCL
Hazard Research Centre - Global Drought Monitor
http://drought.mssl.ucl.ac.uk |
