Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Experimental Climate Monitoring and Prediction for Maldives – August 2012

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Highlights


DROUGHT AND WARMER SEAS


Drought over the Central Maldivian Islands continues and has been sustained for nearly a year. The Northern Islands too have been in significant drought in the last months. Warming sea surfaces around Maldives and Pacific Oceans have contributed towards these conditions.

Image: Sea Surface temperature anomaly 12th- 18th August 2012




Image: Cumulative precipitation in Northern Maldives in the past 365 days compared to the average precipitation of past 8 years in the region