South Asia: Intense water surplus to persist in Pakistan

South Asia: Intense water surplus to persist in Pakistan

The forecast through June indicates that widespread water surpluses in India will shrink leaving nearly normal conditions in the east. Surpluses will persist, however, in many regions including central India, the Far North, and the Gangetic Plain; and, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Deficits will emerge in India’s Far Northeast.

Europe: Intense water deficits Finland, Baltics, Ukraine

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.

South America: Intense water deficit in French Guiana

South America: Intense water deficit in French Guiana

The forecast through June indicates that water deficits will shrink and downgrade but remain widespread. Intense deficits are forecast in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and French Guiana and Suriname. Surpluses are forecast in pockets of eastern Brazil.

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits will downgrade in Thailand

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits will downgrade in Thailand

The forecast through June indicates that water deficits will shrink and downgrade, particularly in Thailand where exceptional deficits will moderate. In Cambodia, a pocket of extreme deficit will persist north of Tonlé Sap. Areas of surplus include western Indonesian Borneo and western Java.