1. Southwestern United States:
WARM ANOMALY REPORTED
Weekly departures of +2°C to +5°C dominated California, Nevada,
Arizona, and adjacent portions of Utah, with departures approaching +6°C
in parts of southern and western Nevada. The mercury soared above 30°C
in southeastern California and southern Arizona while highs exceeded 20°C
across the reminder of the Southwest. Subfreezing lows were reported across
Nevada, Utah, and the northern half of Arizona [WARM - Up to 3 weeks].
2. Southeastern United States:
COLD WEATHER PERSISTS
Temperatures were 2°C to 6°C below normal across the region, with
weekly departures of -6°C to -8°C in northern and central Texas.
Subfreezing lows pushed as far south as northern Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle,
northern Georgia, and southern South Carolina. The mercury remained below
20°C across the region from the northern portions of Texas, Mississippi,
and Alabama northward, and highs above 30°C were restricted to southern
Florida and extreme southern Texas [COLD - Up to 3 weeks].
3. Southern and Eastern United States:
ABNORMALLY WET CONDITIONS SPREAD ALONG GULF AND ATLANTIC COASTS
Torrential rains (100 to 200 mm) drenched parts of southeastern Texas and
west-central Florida while moderate to heavy rains (25 to 100 mm) dominated
the Gulf Coast, most of Florida, and the eastern United States between
the ridge of the Appalachians and the Atlantic Seaboard. Although 8-week
moisture surpluses of 50 to 200 mm prevailed across the region, significant
long-term dryness remains. Please see the United
States Drought Monitor for complete details [WET - Up to 11 weeks].
4. Western Great Lakes:
DRY WEATHER DOMINATES
Little or no precipitation fell on the region this past week, allowing
abnormally dry conditions to develop. Short-term (8-week) moisture deficits
remained less than 50 mm. Please see the United
States Drought Monitor for complete details [DRY - Up to 5 weeks].
5. Northern Europe:
COLD PERSISTS
Cold weather continued across northern Europe from Norway and Denmark eastward
into northwestern Russia, where temperatures averaged 3°C to 5°C
below normal. The mercury plunged to -33°C at Siccajavre, Norway (69°N)
[COLD - Up to 3 weeks].
6. Mediterranean Basin:
WARMTH CONTINUES
Temperature departures of +2°C to +7°C prevailed over a large area
extending from southern France southward to Morocco and eastward to Turkey
and Egypt. The mercury soared to 35°C at Larissa, Greece (40°N)
and 39°C at Medenine, Tunisia (33°N) [WARM - Up to 5 weeks].
7. Northwestern Africa and Southwestern Turkey:
LITTLE OR NO RAIN REPORTED
Unusually dry weather dominated northwestern Africa and southwestern Turkey
for the fourth consecutive week [DRY - 4 weeks].
8. East-Central Asia:
WARMTH PERSISTS
Temperature departures of +2°C to +5°C prevailed over much of the
region from the southeastern corner of Siberia southward to Japan. Readings
climbed to 20°C as far north as Takamatsu, Japan (34°N) [WARM -
Up to 9 weeks].
9. East-Central China:
DRYNESS DEVELOPS
Little or no rain again fell on China from Sichuan Province eastward to
Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Moisture deficits from 60 to 175 mm have accumulated
in this region since early February [DRY - Up to 5 weeks].
10. Southeastern Asia and the Philippines:
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE
Storms doused parts of the region from the Malay Peninsula eastward to
the Philippine Islands with heavy rain (50 to 225 mm). Since early
February, 200 to 700 mm of rain has fallen on much of the area, allowing
moisture surpluses of 100 to 450 mm to accumulate [WET - Up to 9 weeks].
11. Northeastern Australia:
UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS DEVELOP
Except for a few scattered showers (25 to 100 mm) along the immediate central
Queensland coast, little or no rain fell on central and southern Queensland.
Many interior locations have not received significant rain for four weeks.
Since the beginning of February, precipitation deficits of 100 to 350 mm
accumulated in eastern Queensland, with smaller deficits reported inland
[DRY - Up to 5 weeks].
12. Western and Southern Australia:
UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER PREVAILS ACROSS THE REGION
Temperatures averaged 2°C to 6°C below normal across Western Australia,
South Australia, southern and central Northern Territory, Queensland, and
most of Victoria, with weekly departures reaching -7°C in east-central
Western Australia and south-central Northern Territory. The mercury dipped
below -5°C as far north as Ceduna (32°N) while lows of 10°C
to 19°C dominated the region. Highs failed to reach 30°C in east-central
and southeastern Western Australia, southwestern Northern Territory, and
western South Australia [COLD - Up to 3 weeks].