East Africa Agroclimate Special Reports provide seasonal analyses, combining observed CHIRPS data up to the latest observed dekad, CHIRPS-GEFS precipitation forecasts, and analog-year based precipitation observations through the remainder of the season. The CHIRPS-GEFS precipitation forecasts, together with information from prior similar seasons is used to generate outlooks through to the end of the season. 

Additional rain gauge observations from Ethiopia's National Meteorological Agency (NMA), Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), and the Somalia Department of Meteorology are used. The stations from Kenya include many observations from new 3D Printed Automatic Weather Stations (3D PAWS), produced by KMD with support and advisement from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s Innovative Capacity Development Program and the CHC. Each dekad, 90+ additional stations from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are blended with CHIRPS for up-to-date assessments of rainfall conditions throughout major growing seasons. East Africa Special Reports are made possible by a partnership between the CHC and the Ethiopia NMA, Kenya Meteorological Department, the Somalia Department of Meteorology and FAO SWALIM.

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