SARCOF-30 ANNOUNCEMENT
The SADC Secretariat through the SADC Climate Services Centre is convening the Thirtieth Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-30) to be held Antananarivo, Madagascar, from 28 - 30 January 2025 under the theme: “Closing the early warning gap together in SADC Region”. A Climate Experts Meeting will precede this forum from 21 - 27 January 2025. SARCOF-30 is organized with funding from the Intra-African Caribbean Pacific (Intra-ACP) Climate Services and related Applications (ClimSA) Programme funded by the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), and other partners. Delegates are kindly requested to register for the Forum Registration on the link below.
Further information is provided in the Concept Note and related documents below:
SARCOF-30 Concept Note [480kb]
SARCOF Registration LinkSTATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-NINTH SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (SARCOF-29)
STATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-NINTH SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (SARCOF-29)
The Twenty-Ninth Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-29) was convened in Harare, Zimbabwe from 26th to 28th August 2024 to present a consensus outlook for the October 2024 to March 2025 rainfall season over the SADC region. Before the forum, there was a Climate Experts Meeting aimed at building capacity of Climate Experts from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of SADC Member States on the 19-25 August 2024 to formulate this Outlook.
English SARCOF-29 STATEMENT for October 2024 to March 2025 rainfall season;
STATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (SARCOF-28)
STATEMENT FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (SARCOF-28)
The Twenty-Eighth Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF-28) was convened in Maputo, Mozambique from 29th to 31st January 2024 to present a consensus outlook for the February to June 2024 rainfall season over the SADC region. Before the forum, there was a Climate Experts Meeting aimed at building capacity of Climate Experts from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of SADC Member States on the 22-28 January 2024 to formulate this Outlook.
English SARCOF-28 STATEMENT for February to June 2024 rainfall season;
French SARCOF-28 STATEMENT for February to June 2024 rainfall season;
Portuguese SARCOF-28 STATEMENT for February to June 2024 rainfall season;
TROPICAL SYSTEM ALERT: Tropical Cyclone FILIPO
A Tropical Cyclone has developed over the South West Indian Ocean and has recorded winds speeds of 65 km/h gusting to 80 km/h. The tropical system is named Tropical Cyclone FILIPO expected to make landfall over east coastal areas of central Mozambique between 11 and 12 March 2024. It is further expected to move southwards as a land storm and indirectly affect parts of Eswatini and South Africa. It will move back into the Indian Ocean waters where it will south into the extra-tropics where it will become an extra tropical storm.
You may download the Extreme Advisory at the link below:
SADC-CSC TC Advisory Issue 07 of 2023/2024 [196K]
TROPICAL SYSTEM ALERT: Tropical Cyclone BELAL
A Tropical Depression named 02 has developed over the South West Indian Ocean and has recorded winds speeds of 65 km/h gusting to 80 km/h. At 1200 hours Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT), it was located at 13.3 degrees South and 56.6 degrees East (about 760km east of Madagascar) while moving south-westward at a speed of 15 km/h. The tropical system is projected to become a tropical cyclone in the next three (3) days and will be called Tropical Cyclone BELAL
You may download the bulletin at the link below:
SADC TC 02 Advisory Issue 01 in January 2024 [196K]
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