ACCOF-11

DATE

24th- 25th November 2022

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About ACCOF

The African Centre for Meteorological Applications and Development (ACMAD) as a WMO Regional Climate Centre (RCC) for Africa is organizing as part of its RCC Long range Forecasting and coordination functions the Nineth Africa Continental Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF-09).

The Africa Continental Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF) is an initiative to ensure that there is continental climate services and improved capacity amongst WMO designated and developing RCCs to regionalize products from WMO Global Producing Centres (GPCs). It also provides a platform for technical discussions and exchanges on latest advances in climate science and technology, interregional interactions within Africa and between Africa and other WMO Regional Associations, review and verification of the seasonal climate outlook for the most recent past season across the continent and ultimately produce a continental consensus climate outlook for the upcoming four months period.

FORUM OBJECTIVES :

The African Centre for Meteorological Applications and Development (ACMAD) as a WMO Regional Climate Centre (RCC) for Africa is organizing as part of its RCC Long range Forecasting and coordination functions the Nineth Africa Continental Climate Outlook Forum (ACCOF-11).

The ACCOF aims at improving the contribution of RCCs to early warning and disaster preparedness, taking into account information on global climate drivers such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), Atlantic Dipole, Benguela Nino, Sub-tropical Indian Ocean Dipole (SIOD), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) amongst others.

  • The specific objectives of the meeting are to:
  • Review and verify forecasts for MJJA 2022 climate season;
  • Discuss drivers of OND 2022, NDJ 2022/23 and ONDJ 2022/23 climate across the continent and develop continental consensus climate forecast for the ONDJ 2022/23 season;
  • Integrate and harmonize verification and outlook methods, tools and products between the continental and sub-regional levels.

EXPECTED OUTCOME :

  • Continental and Regional MJJA 2022 seasonal forecasts reviewed and verified
  • Climate Outlook Statement for the upcoming season prepared and published
  • Verification and outlook products integrated and harmonized between continental and sub-regional levels
  • Sectors potential hazards, risk events and impacts/consequences for ONDJ 2022 outlook identified and user feedback on the use of MJJA 2022 outlook documented 

Contact

For more inquiries, please contact this following link:  dgacmad@acmad.org