The forecast through October indicates widespread water deficits throughout the provinces though deficits will shrink in the southern regions of the Prairie Provinces. Deficits will be extreme near Edmonton and severe in Winnipeg, Montreal, and Québec City.
Canada: Widespread water deficits forecast
Canada: Water deficits will downgrade in MB & SK
The forecast through August indicates widespread water deficits in the east, including many areas of exceptional deficit, as surpluses retreat. In the Prairie Provinces, deficits in the south will shrink and downgrade. Surpluses will persist in much of the Fraser River watershed in British Columbia.