The forecast through October indicates water deficits from the Gulf of Ob in Russia past the city of Norilsk, in Khakassia, and west of the Sea of Okhotsk. Areas of surplus include the Western Siberian Plain and Transbaikal. Surpluses will persist in Kyrgyzstan.
Central Asia & Russia: Exceptional deficits will emerge in Mangystau
Central Asia & Russia: Water surplus will increase in Ob River Basin
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits forecast for the Yenisei River Basin
The forecast through September indicates that surpluses will shrink in Russia’s Northern European Plain and persist in the Ob River Basin. Intense deficits are forecast for much of the Yenisei River Basin. Intense surpluses in southern Turkmenistan will begin to transition, with conditions of both surplus and deficit as deficits emerge. Deficits will also emerge in northeastern Uzbekistan.
Central Asia & Russia: Intense water surpluses forecast for S. Turkmenistan
The forecast through August 2019 indicates widespread surpluses in the Ob River Basin, deficits in much of the Yenisei River Basin, surpluses in the Lower Volga, and deficits in the Middle and Upper Volga regions. Intense surpluses will persist in southern Turkmenistan but both deficits and surpluses are also forecast as transitions occur. Surpluses are also forecast for eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and northern Kazakhstan.