The internet can provide a range of resources to help understand forecasts. We have provided here some documents that are targetted to southern Africa which our users may find useful.
If there is anything that you would like us to supply in terms of resources that may help with understanding long-range forecasts please let us know by emailing comments@gfcsa.net.

Tutorials and Documents

Please feel free to use the documents provided here - but remember to reference the author/source if applicable.

Understanding Seasonal Forecasts - compiled by Dr. Willem A. Landman.

The Science and Practice of Seasonal Climate Forecasting - A tutorial provided by the IRI.

How to interpret a probability forecast. (This is a .pdf document)
Hoe om 'n waarskynlikheids-voorspelling te verstaan

For translation of the document describing the interpretation of probability forecast inother local languages, please click on the appropriate link below;

Se-Sotho
Setswana
Swati
Venda
Xitsonga

Links

Climate Systems Analysis Group
South African Weather Service
South African Dam Levels
SADC Drought monitoring centre
USAID famine early warning system
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research