The forecast through April indicates widespread, intense water deficits in Portugal, Spain, France, Estonia, and Hungary. Widespread surpluses of varying intensity are expected in European Russia and the Nordic nations.

The forecast through March indicates widespread water surpluses in western European Russia, Nordic Europe, Ireland, and the northern U.K. Central Europe can expect pockets of surplus. Areas of deficit include France, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, and Estonia.

The forecast through February 2022 indicates intense water deficits in Portugal and southwestern Spain. Deficits elsewhere include Estonia, western Ukraine, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France, and Tuscany, Italy. Areas of surplus include the northern U.K. and Norrbotten, Sweden.

The forecast through January 2022 indicates that water deficits will shrink in the Nordic nations as surpluses increase. Intense deficits will persist in Estonia. Moderate surpluses are forecast in the U.K., Belgium, and northern France, and moderate deficits in western Ukraine, southern France, and Italy.

The forecast through December indicates that water deficits will shrink in the Nordic nations, France, Spain, and Italy, but increase from the Balkans to the Black Sea. Surpluses will shrink in England and Central Europe but persist in southeastern Ukraine.