Water deficits are forecast to spread in southern Mexico, Central America, parts of the Caribbean, Colombia, and Venezuela. The pattern of exceptional deficit conditions is expected to persist in many of these areas through March 2016 with greatest extent and severity July through September 2015
Central America and Northern South America: Exceptional Water Deficits July 2015 through January 2016
Exceptional water deficits are forecast for Central America starting in July and continuing through January 2016. Exceptional deficits are also forecast to hit Colombia, Ecuador, and Northern Peru in late summer. The area of extreme to exceptional deficits in Venezuela expands into Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana beginning in June, with the area of greatest deficits moving southward beginning in October. A sizable portion of Northern Brazil is forecast to experience exceptional deficits beginning in December 2015.