The Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe (Met) is set to host the annual Southern African Region Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) next month, a move that will see experts coming up with a regional forecast for the 2012-2013 rainfall season, an official has said.
In an interview yesterday, the department’s acting deputy director Terrence Mushore said the meeting was set to be held in Harare between August 13 and 24.
“The climate experts’ meeting will run from 13 to 21 August and is only open to scientists mainly from the National Meteorological Services of Southern African countries,” he said.
“During the period the experts will make use of indicators of seasonal rainfall to come up with a regional forecast for the 2012-2013 rainfall season.
“The SARCOF-16 conference will then follow from 22 to 24 August and this is when the regional forecast for the seasonal rainfall will be revealed to the public.”
SARCOF is a regional climate prediction and application process adopted by 14 countries comprising the Southern African Development Community member states that include Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
