1. Southern Alaska and Adjacent Parts of Canada:
WARM AND DRY WEATHER PREVAILS
Weekly departures of +2°C to +4°C dominated southern Alaska and
adjacent parts of Canada, with highs ranging from 20°C to 26°C
[WARM - Up to 5 weeks]. For the 8th consecutive week, no rain was reported
across most of the region, allowing moisture deficits of 100 to 200 mm
to accumulate along the coasts of southern and southeastern Alaska [DRY
- Up to 5 weeks].
2. Central United States:
A RELATIVELY DRY WEEK
Between 25 and 50 mm of rain fell on isolated locations of Nebraska and
southwestern Missouri, but most locations experienced favorably dry weather
with little or no rain. The western half of Missouri reported 8-week total
precipitation of 290 to 390 mm, yielding short-term moisture surpluses
of 60 to 160 mm [WET - Ending at 15 weeks].
3. Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada:
WARM ANOMALY ABATES AS COOL AIR PREPARES TO INVADE REGION
Temperatures averaged 2°C to 5°C above normal across the southern
halves of Ontario and Quebec and much of the northeastern United States,
but cool, Canadian air began pushing into the region at the end of the
week. Highs of 25°C to 35°C prevailed across the region [WARM -
Ending at 3 weeks].
4. Central South America:
SUBNORMAL TEMPERATURES DOMINATE
Temperatures were 2°C to 5°C below normal across Bolivia, Paraguay,
southern Brazil, and extreme northeastern Argentina. Subfreezing lows covered
the southern half of Bolivia, most of Argentina, and southwestern Uruguay.
Highs were generally in the twenties (°C) across the region, but climbed
above 30°C in northern Bolivia and the northwestern half of Paraguay
[COLD - Up to 3 weeks].
5. South-Central Europe:
SHORT-TERM PRECIPITATION DEFICITS REMAIN
Little or no rain fell on southeastern France and northern Italy while
10 to 50 mm dampened most of Switzerland. During the last 8 weeks, most
locations received fewer than 100 mm of rain, resulting in precipitation
shortfalls of 50 to 200 mm [DRY - Up to 11 weeks].
6. Turkey:
EARLY ONSET OF THE DRY SEASON
Dry weather dominated Turkey as the summer dry season got an early start.
Despite the prolonged spell of dry weather, 8-week moisture deficits were
below 60 mm across the country [DRY - Up to 11 weeks].
7. Northwestern Africa:
HEAT REMAINS
Temperature departures of +2°C to +7°C again prevailed from eastern
Morocco eastward to northern Tunisia. The mercury soared to as high as
44°C at Al Asnam, Algeria (36°N) [WARM - Up to 7 weeks].
8. Western Russia:
WETNESS CONTINUES
Scattered thunderstorms spread moderate rains (25 to 70 mm) across western
Russia. During the last 8 weeks, rainfall totaled 100 to 200 mm in much
of the region, allowing short-term moisture surpluses of 50 to 100 mm to
accumulate [WET - Up to 12 weeks].
9. East-Central Asia:
DRYNESS PREVAILS
Little or no rain again fell on northern Nei Mongol and Heilongjiang Provinces
of China and the adjacent portions of Russia; however, showers of 25 to
40 mm relieved dryness in parts of the Amur Valley of Russia. Since May
6th, less than 60 mm of rain as fallen on most locations, yielding moisture
deficits of 50 to 75 mm [DRY - Up to 17 weeks].
10. Asia:
WARM ANOMALY EXPANDS
Temperatures averaging 2°C to 6°C above normal dominated
a large area extending from northwestern Siberia southeastward to east-central
China and southern Japan. The mercury climbed to 36°C as far north
as Olovjannaja, Russia (51°N) [WARM - Up to 11 weeks].
11. India:
COOL CONDITIONS CONTINUE
Weekly departures of -2°C to -4°C again prevailed over much of
northwestern India. Readings dropped to as low as 19°C at Jodhpur
(26°N) [COLD - Up to 4 weeks].