The forecast through February 2026 expects deficits in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Levant. Surpluses are expected in the western Amazon, the Sahel and southern Africa, and northeastern Australia.
Severe to exceptional surpluses will remain throughout Queensland. Exceptional deficits will occur in portions of Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Exceptional deficits will occur in northwestern and southeastern China, widespread throughout the Yangtze River Basin. Isolated pockets of surplus will affect portions of central and northeastern China.
Through January 2020 deficits will shrink and downgrade overall, though widespread and exceptional anomalies will persist in Finland. Deficits are expected in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Italy. Areas of surpluses include Ireland, the U.K., France, northwestern Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, and northern European Russia. Surpluses will be intense in Wales, England, and Russia.
Through January 2020 deficits will shrink and downgrade considerably, though intense deficits are expected in coastal Mauritania, eastern South Africa, and Lesotho. Surpluses will increase in East Africa and in nations along the northern shore of the Gulf of Guinea, with exceptional anomalies in central Nigeria and extreme and widespread surpluses in Tanzania.
Through January 2020 moderate to exceptional surpluses will persist from northern Iraq through a vast expanse of western Iran reaching past the Iran-Turkmen border. Exceptional surpluses will re-emerge in northern Syria and moderate surpluses in western Iraq. Deficits will shrink and downgrade considerably, persisting in Georgia and Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia.
Through January 2020 exceptional surpluses are forecast in the Northern European Plain in Russia, the Ob River region, and the Upper Reaches of the Volga Watershed. Intense deficits will persist north and southeast of Lake Baikal. Surpluses are forecast for northern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, western Tajikistan, eastern Uzbekistan, and along Turkmenistan’s southern border.
Through January 2020 surpluses are forecast for much of the region including exceptional anomalies in India from Mumbai into Kerala, the Narmada River Basin, and central Rajasthan. Surpluses will remain intense throughout Bangladesh and will increase in Afghanistan, with exceptional anomalies forecast in the Upper Helmand River Watershed and around Mazar-e Sharif.
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