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FORECAST MIDDLE AFRICA
The second rainforest, and the lightning above it
EXITS · SORTIES · SAÍDAS
1 · CHAD2 · CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC3 · CAMEROON4 · EQUATORIAL GUINEA5 · SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
The region
The Congo basin: the largest block of tropical forest outside Amazonia, sitting on the equator where the rain belt crosses twice a year rather than once, and carrying the most intense thunderstorms measured anywhere on the planet. The coast at either end is the exception — cold current at the south, monsoon at the north.
Countries and territories
9 COVERED HERE · 149 PLACES
Units
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Official sources
RSMC LA RÉUNION — TROPICAL
RSMC La Réunion — Tropical Cyclone Centre
Names and warns on every tropical cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean
ACMAD — AFRICAN CENTRE OF
ACMAD — African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
The continental centre, in Niamey — seasonal outlooks for all of Africa
ICPAC — IGAD CLIMATE PREDI
ICPAC — IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
The Greater Horn of Africa: eleven countries, and the seasonal forecast they plant against