The Twenty Third Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23) 

The Twenty Third Annual Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-23) was held in Luanda, Angola from 28th to 30th August 2019 to present a consensus outlook for the 2019/2020 rainfall season over the SADC region.  The forum was preceded by a Climate Experts Meeting on 19-27 August 2019, hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (INAMET), for climate scientists from the SADC National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to formulate this Outlook. The full statement and early warning advisory are available at the links below:

 SARCOF-23 Statement [1.2Mb]

 Climate Early Warning Advisory Note [1.1Mb]

Other documents from the forum are available at the following link:

 ftp://cscftp.sadc.int/sarcof23

Climate Experts Meeting, 19-27 Aug.2019	Official opening by Hon. Mininister of Telecommunication & Information Technology of Angola, Dr Jose Carvalho da Rocha	Media address by the Director General of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica (INAMET) of Angola, Mr. Domingos Jose do Nascimento