BUSAN, 25 July 2016 – Synthesis of the latest model forecasts for August 2016 to January 2017 (ASONDJ) at the APEC Climate Center (APCC), located at Busan, Korea, indicates the ENSO state to be neutral to weak La-Nina. The forecasts for the whole period show positive temperature anomalies to prevail over the globe, with highly probable above normal rainfalls over the maritime continent. For the equatorial Pacific predicted are slight negative temperature and strong negative precipitation anomalies.
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