The forecast through October indicates that water surpluses in China will shrink and downgrade but remain widespread and intense in the Yellow and Yangtze River Basins. Deficits will moderate in the south, except in Yunnan, and will emerge north of the Bohai Sea.
East Asia: Water surpluses will retreat from southern China
The forecast through September indicates that water surpluses will retreat from the Pearl River Basin, downgrade in the Yellow River Basin, and moderate in the lower and middle regions of the Yangtze. Deficits will shrink in Mongolia and Xinjiang but intensify in Yunnan and Guangdong. Surpluses will increase in North Korea.
East Asia: Water surpluses in S China will retreat
East Asia: Yangtze water surpluses will retreat
East Asia: Water surplus forecast in Pearl River Basin
The forecast through June indicates that water surpluses will retreat in the Lower and Middle Yangtze Basin, transitioning to moderate deficits in the Lower Basin. Surpluses will increase in the Pearl River Basin and Southeast China. Deficits will emerge in eastern Mongolia, and Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan.