While the tropical Pacific SST has continued to be slightly cooler than average, the influence of this anomaly has been outweighed by the positive SST anomalies in the Indian ocean and tropical and south-subtropical Atlantic ocean. Validation of large-scale precipitation fields in general circulation models. Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set. Teleconnections and seasonal rainfall prediction in Africa. The 29 grid points used as the rainfall predictand for the eastern African CCA predictions.
Values shown are deviations from climatological probabilities for the above normal category.
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