The forecast through August indicates water deficits around the Baltic Sea, Central Europe, Ireland and the U.K., the northern Balkans, and Italy. Anomalies will be exceptional in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. Areas of surpluses include the Iberian Peninsula and northern European Russia.
Europe: Water deficits forecast to increase
The forecast through July indicates that exceptional water deficits will increase in Finland, the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine, and deficits of varying intensity will increase in Eastern Europe, many pockets of Central Europe, Italy, and the northern Balkans. Surpluses will shrink considerably in the U.K.
Europe: Intense water deficits Finland, Baltics, Ukraine
The forecast through June indicates that water surpluses will diminish in Central Europe and will shrink and moderate in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Intense deficits are forecast from Finland through eastern Bulgaria, and deficits of varying intensity in Central and Eastern Europe and from Moscow to the Caspian Sea.
Europe: Intense water surpluses persist in Ireland, deficits in Ukraine
The forecast through May indicates that water surpluses will shrink in Europe though remain widespread in the U.K., Ireland, and northern European Russia, and will be intense in Ireland and Russia. Intense deficits are forecast for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, western Ukraine, and eastern Bulgaria.