South America

South America: Exceptional water deficits forecast for northern Brazil; water surpluses in northern Argentina

Exceptional water deficits are forecast to persist across northern Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, coastal Peru, western Bolivia, and northern and southern Chile. Surpluses are forecast in Ecuador, southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

South America: Exceptional water deficits forecast for northern Brazil, surpluses in the south

Exceptional water deficits may persist across northern Brazil, coastal Peru, western Bolivia, and northern and southern Chile. Surpluses are forecast for Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, and are expected to increase in extent and severity with exceptional surpluses in central Argentina.

South America: Exceptional water deficits to persist across northern Brazil, surpluses in southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

Exceptional water deficits may persist across northern Brazil, coastal Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Chile. Surpluses may emerge in Ecuador and northern Peru. Surpluses are also forecast for central Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina and are expected to increase in extent and severity with widespread exceptional surpluses.

South America: Exceptional water deficits forecast for northern Brazil, surpluses in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

Exceptional water deficits may continue across much of northern Brazil and coastal Peru and Chile through May 2016. Surpluses are forecast for central Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, and are expected to increase in extent and severity through May with widespread exceptional surpluses anticipated. Northern South America may transition from deficit to surplus March through May.

South America: Water deficits forecast in the Amazon, surpluses in the south

The forecast for South America indicates continued water deficits across the northern portion of the continent and along the Pacific coast from Peru through northern Chile. Water surpluses are expected in central Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, northern Uruguay, and throughout much of Argentina.