The April Outlook indicates significant deviations from the norm in both precipitation and temperature for Russia. Conditions are forecast to be wetter than normal across a vast band of the Arctic region from the Barents Sea through the Laptev Sea and will include exceptional anomalies. Warmer than normal temperatures are forecast for most of the nation, and exceptional anomalies will dominate from the Ural Mountains to the Sea of Japan.
Central Asia & Russia: Widespread water surplus in N European Russia
The forecast through May indicates widespread moderate-to-exceptional water surpluses in Russia from the Northern European Plain into the Western Siberian Plain. Exceptional deficits are forecast for the Central Siberian Plateau, north and southeast of Lake Baikal, and in western Kazakhstan along the Caspian coast.





