1. Africa Briefing Africa Briefing 01 June 2010 Endalkachew Bekele endalkachew.bekele@noaa.gov

3. 7 Day 30 Day Last WeekThis Week

4. Jimma - Ethiopia Sinjah - Sudan

5. Waterhole Monitoring for Livestock Early Warning http://watermon.tamu.edu/lowsite.html Ethiopia Kenya

6. Number of Rainy Days in 30 days from: Daily Soil Water Index (SWI) May 18 /2010May 24/2010May 30 /2010 May 10 /2010 May 20 /2010May 30 /2010

7. Belg Grain Maize Daily WRSI, May 30, 2010, Seasonal r/f anomaly (from March 1/2010)

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10. Precipitation Anomaly May 1 – May 30, 2010 Bouchi - Nigeria Komasi - Ghana

11. Number of Rainy Days in 30 days from: Daily Soil Water Index (SWI) May 18 /2010May 24/2010May 30 /2010 May 10 /2010May 20 /2010May 30 /2010

12. WRSI, Millet, Dekadal, May 2010, dekad -2 VHI, week 21 – May 27, 2010 R/f anomaly, May 1– May 30, 2010

13. Above average precipitation expected over western Sahel during Jun-Aug 2010 CFS 382 Precipitation Forecasts Jun-Aug 2010, April Initial Conditions

14. Above average precipitation expected across the Sahel and parts of the Greater Horn of Africa during Jul-Sep 2010 Heaviest rainfall expected along coastal areas of West Africa CFS T382 Precipitation Forecasts Jul-Sep 2010, April Initial Conditions

15. Hovmuller Map, May 27 – May 31 / 2010 (12 hr time step)

16. TC 03A

17. GEFS Prob. Exceeding 50mm