Nineteenth MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (ON-LINE)

November 4 - November 30, 2022

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MedCOF-19 comprises 3 steps. The first one is devoted to verification of the MedCOF-18 summer forecast; the second one to the assessment of current state of climate and, finally, the third one to the building of consensus statements.

In every step, all communications go through the forum tool:   http://medcoforum.aemet.es.

STEP-1: Verification of summer 2022 seasonal forecast

Editors: P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)

Deadlines:

• Mon 4th November: National contributions (from countries not belonging a sub-regional COF) posted on the forum
• Fri 11th November: First draft (large scale) verification posted on the forum
• Fri 11th November–Tue 15th November: Discussion
• Tue 15th November: Second draft verification ready for adoption

Click here to download the Final Assessment of MedCOF18 Climate Outlook for summer season 2022.

STEP-2: Assessment of the current state of climate

Editors: C. Viel, P. Bissolli and R. Selmi (also moderators)

Deadlines:

• Tue 15th November: Monitoring contributions from participants (all, on voluntary basis)
• Wed 16th November: First draft for the current state of climate
• Fri 18th – Mon 21st November: Discussion
• Mon 21st November: Second draft
• Mon 21st – Wed 23rd November: Discussion
• Wed 23rd November: Final document ready for adoption

Click here to download the summary document for step 2 based on the working reports produced by RAI NA RCC-CM, RAVI RCC-CM and RAVI RCC-LRF.

STEP-3: Building of the consensus statement

Editors: C. Viel, W. Badi, E. Rodríguez

Deadlines:

• Mon 21st November: Reports from RCCs (C. Viel, W. Badi, GPC contributors)
• Tue 22nd November: First draft consensus
• Tue 22nd – Thu 24th November: Discussion
• Thu 24th November: Second draft consensus
• Thu 24th – Mon 28th November: Discussion
• Mon 28th November: Final document ready for adoption
• Tue 29th November: Webex and adoption of STEP 1, 2 and 3 documents

Click here to download the Consensus Statement MedCOF-19 for winter season 2022-23.