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Jun 10, 2021, 16 tweets

Today's #NorthAfrica and #HornOfAfrica forecasts follow.

Below a satellite picture taken this morning of the #HornOfAfrica.

#Ethiopia #Somaliland #Somalia

The wider region this evening.

More #ArabianStorms and #Abbay convection. The Atlantic continues to be active now looks set to deliver a surprise summer storm early next week. [See #EuropeBigWet for that coverage.]

This close up shows more Atlantic moisture pouring into North Africa over Morroco and Western Sahara. You can also see a substantial dust cloud is now forming which will be helping to suppress Atlantic cyclones.

10 day rainfall forecasts from the CMC, KMA, GFS and ECMWF models for June 10th through 20th.

The cloud presentation showed much stronger convection today over the Ethiopia Highlands than yesterday. And we also have a line of thunderstorms out to the tip of the Horn.

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

+ bonus 12-day forecast from KMA.

The forecast rains are definitely picking up intensity.

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

Three satellite images a from this morning.

1. A cross section of the Sahara from the Libya coast south to Chad.
2. A picture of Morroco and Algeria
3. Saudi Arabia's mid Red Sea Coast

There were more #ArabianStorms today on Saudi's Red Sea Coast south of Taif. This video shows lightning on the road seen in Aseer.

A flooded intersection and lightning. Also Saudi.

[Video Tweets from @Arab_Storms]

And then there is this beautiful video from #Kyrgyzstan where it has also been raining.

10-Day June 10th, 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 10th (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

الله أعلم

Here is an closeup animation of tonight's #ArabianStorms in #Oman, #Yemen and #SaudiArabia

And finally, June 10th 16-day (GFS) and 12-day (KMA) accumulated rainfall forecasts for the Middle East.

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