The forecast through August indicates that water deficits will moderate in Mangystau, Kazakhstan; increase in Turkmenistan; and emerge in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and in Surgut on the Ob River. Surpluses will persist in the Western Siberian Plain.
Central Asia & Russia: Exceptional deficits will emerge in Mangystau
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits forecast north of the Caspian Sea
Central Asia & Russia: Intense water surpluses will persist in N European Russia
The forecast through March 2020 indicates widespread exceptional water surpluses in Russia from the Northern European Plain into the Western Siberian Plain. Exceptional deficits will persist on the Gulf of Ob and increase in the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River and the Upper Lena River regions. Surpluses are forecast for Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan.
Central Asia & Russia: Water surplus will persist in the Northern European Plain
Through January 2020 exceptional surpluses are forecast in the Northern European Plain in Russia, the Ob River region, and the Upper Reaches of the Volga Watershed. Intense deficits will persist north and southeast of Lake Baikal. Surpluses are forecast for northern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, western Tajikistan, eastern Uzbekistan, and along Turkmenistan’s southern border.