The forecast through June indicates widespread water deficits in the region with exceptional deficits in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and pockets of Iran and Turkey. Areas of surplus include Iran’s central Zagros Mountains and near Lake Tuz in Turkey.
Europe: Intense water deficits in Norway & Sweden
Middle East: Water deficits will intensify in Georgia
Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook September 2020
The September Outlook indicates warmer than normal temperatures across much of the vast expanse of Russia. Exceptionally hotter conditions are forecast from Southeast Asia into China and from the Levant north into Ukraine and southern Russia. Uganda will be much wetter than normal and Chile will be much drier than normal south of Santiago.
Middle East: Water deficits to retreat
The forecast through March 2020 indicates that water deficits in the region will retreat considerably, leaving pockets in western Turkey and its central Caspian Coast, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Intense surpluses will persist from central into northern Syria; around Mosul, Iraq; and along Iran’s Caspian Sea Coast and border with Turkmenistan.