The forecast through October indicates that water surpluses will shrink considerably overall, but persist in Northeast China, the North China Plain, and the lower Yellow and Yangtze Basins. Deficits in Southeast China will nearly disappear. Intense deficits will persist in Hokkaido.
Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook July 2020
The July Outlook includes exceptionally warmer than normal temperatures in many areas, notably a vast block of eastern North America including the Great Lakes States, the U.S. Northeast, and well into Canada. Central Europe will be considerably drier than normal while wetter conditions are expected in the Balkans.
East Asia: Water deficits forecast for DPRK, Shandong, & Anhui
Through January 2020 deficits are forecast for Mongolia, North Korea, and the following regions of China: eastern Xinjiang, southern Yunnan, Taiwan, Fujian, the Shandong Peninsula, southern Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu. Anomalies will be exceptional in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Yunnan, and Taiwan. Surpluses are forecast in Northeast China and a wide path from Tibet through the Yellow River Basin.
Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook July 2019
East Asia: Exceptional water surpluses will persist in Guangdong
The forecast through August 2019 indicates that water surpluses in southeastern China will shrink but remain widespread and intense in the Pearl River Basin with exceptional surpluses in Guangdong. Moderate surpluses are forecast along the Yellow (Huang He) River. Deficits will shrink in Henan and Hubei but will be intense. Primarily moderate deficits are forecast in southern North Korea and across the border into South Korea, and in northern Japan.