PERCUSION Weather briefing

Published

August 30, 2024

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Local forecast for Sal

Summary

  • Tomorrow’s flight:
    • Moist margins move into planned circles in the latest forecasts
    • Only scattered and disorganized deep convection expected
  • Tuesday’s flight:
    • Position of moist margins already rather certain due to absence of African Easterly waves
    • ITCZ could be quite wide, potentially leading to a very long flight
    • Moderate deep convection expected in the Southern part of the ITCZ