Twenty-Second MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM (ON-LINE)

Apr 29 - May 29, 2024

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MedCOF-22 comprises 3 steps. The first one is devoted to verification of the MedCOF-21 winter 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 winter 2023-2024 seasonal forecast

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

Deadlines:

• Mon 29^th April: National contributions (from countries not belonging a sub-regional COF)
• Tue 7^th May: First draft posted on the forum
• Tue 7^th – Mon 13^th May: Discussion
• Mon 13^th May: Second draft ready for adoption

Click here to download the Final Assessment of MedCOF21 Climate Outlook for winter season 2023-24.

STEP-2: Assessment of the current state of climate

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

Deadlines:

• Fri 17^th May: Monitoring contributions from participants (all, on voluntary basis)
• Tue 21^st May: First draft for the current state of climate
• Tue 21^st – Thu 23^rd May: Discussion
• Thu 23^rd May: 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: F. Gayrard, W. Badi, E. Rodríguez

Deadlines:

• Thu 23^rd May: Reports from RCCs (F. Gayrard, W. Badi, GPC contributors)
• Fri 24^th May: First draft consensus
• Fri 24^th – Mon 27^th May: Discussion
• Mon 27^th May: Second draft consensus
• Mon 27^th – Wed 29^th (noon) May: Discussion
• Wed 29^th May: Final document ready for adoption
• Wed 29^th May (afternoon): Webex and adoption of STEP 1, 2 and 3 documents

Click here to download the Consensus Statement MedCOF-22 for summer season 2024.