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Climate, Conflict, Politics, Africa. Editor https://t.co/b6HbxvlPDn (NZ) Reporting from France. https://t.co/LNVK0y9b2z #nzpol #DesertRain

May 3, 2021, 13 tweets

Today's #ArabianStorms were mainly over the Arabian Gulf. #Qatar #Bahrain and the in the middle of the gulf. And the day also saw a storm begin before dawn.

Today's #Ethiopia and #MiddleEast forecasts follow:

The latest CMC and GFS North Africa 10-Day Rain forecasts.

Today two streams of monsoon energy appeared to come together over the south end to send a stream of atmospheric moisture to Oman and on to India.

May 3rd, 10-day accumulated rain forecasts, for Ethiopia, from the ECMWF, GFS and KMA models.
#Sudan #SouthSudan #Ethiopia #GERD #Africa #HornOfAfrica #DesertRain

Here's the second leg of the water transport route to India which was operating at high speed early this morning.

And the final leg to India.

May 3rd, 10-day accumulated rain forecasts for the #MiddleEast from GFS, ECMWF, CMC, & KMA weather models.

@Arab_Storms
#ArabianStorms

#KSA #Yemen #Oman #Levant #Jordan #Sudan #UAE #Iraq #Iran #Syria #Kuwait #GERD #NileBasin #HornOfAfrica #DesertRain

الله أعلم

May 3rd, 3 day accumulated rain forecasts (to Thursday at Midnight), for the #MiddleEast from the GFS, ECMWF, CMC & KMA weather models.

@Arab_Storms
#ArabianStorms

#KSA #Yemen #Oman #Jordan #Sudan #Iran #Syria #GERD #Sudan #DesertRain

الله أعلم

Arabian Gulf #ArabianStorm at dawn today.

The feed of #ArabianStorms tweets today on @ArabStorms account are rather terrifying. Weather events today in both Yemen and Oman have been extremely damaging and dangerous.

& a terrifying landslide in Yemen...

Finally, three May 3rd, ultra long-range, accumulated rain forecasts for the #MiddleEast from the GFS, GEFS (16-day) and KMA (12 day) models.

#ArabianStorms #Ramadan

الله أعلم

And on a cheerier note @ArabStorms also posted this tweet from Gulf today.



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