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Climate, Conflict, Politics, Africa. Editor https://t.co/b6HbxvmnsV (NZ) Reporting from France. https://t.co/LNVK0y9IS7 #nzpol #DesertRain

Jun 9, 2021, 17 tweets

Today's #NorthAfrica and #HornOfAfrica forecasts follow.

Below a satellite picture this morning with all the Nile basins including the #Abbay/#BlueNile in #Ethiopia (where it passes through the #GERD) + White Nile, #Sudan, #SouthSudan, #Uganda & the states around Lake Victoria.

10 day rainfall forecasts from the CMC, KMA, GFS and ECMWF models for June 9th through 19th.

A few animations. This one is connected to the separate tweet threads about #EuropeBigWet, which appear to be being driven by Jets of wet air coming off the Atlantic and crossing the Sahara into Europe.

This animation shows a jet crossing Libya and pumping water into Georgia.

Here you see the bigger picture including storms on the Red Sea and a low heading north past Portugal.

10-Day rainfall forecasts for June 9th of the #HornOfAfrica including, #Somalia, #Somaliland, #Djibouti, #Ethiopia and parts of #Sudan and #SouthSudan.

The models are gradually moving back into alignment & big rains may be coming soon >> Thread

48 hour rainfall forecasts for June 9th of the #HornOfAfrica including #Somalia, #Somaliland, #Djibouti, #Ethiopia and parts of #Sudan and #SouthSudan.

Here is an animation of the weather earlier this evening/afternoon showing the clouds building across South Sudan & Ethiopia as night falls. Further north the storms forming around Makkah are notable.

#Mecca #Rain

And now for a roundup of storm videos from @Arab_Storms

The first is from Saudi Arabia today.

Shortly I'll provide a close up animation of the storm approaching Makkah here's a video from earlier in Taif. I love the guy on the bike!

This one is not of a storm but it is amazing.....

10-Day June 9th, accumulated rain forecasts for the #MiddleEast from the GFS, ECMWF, CMC & KMA weather models.

#ArabianStorms

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

الله أعلم

48 Hour June 9th (today and tomorrow), accumulated rain forecasts for the #MiddleEast from the GFS, ECMWF, CMC & KMA weather models.

#ArabianStorms

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

And finally, June 9th 16-day (GFS) and 12-day (KMA) accumulated rainfall forecasts for the Middle East.

Rain clouds are currently over the holy city of Mecca as the faithful gather to pray the evening prayers.

Mecca / Makkah from above tonight. It looks like it is surrounded by a butterfly.

Notably, the average rainfall for Mecca / Makkah in June is none.

Here is a video of the thunderstorms building up earlier over Taif and moving north to Mecca stopping on the very doorstep of Masjid al-Haram, the Great Mosque.

Here are some pictures of the 7pm prayers inside, showing the @HolyKaaba. When it rains the rain is collected on the top of the Kaaba and it flows out through the spout like thing you can see in the top right image.

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