28 APRIL 2016
Synthesis of the latest model forecasts for May to October 2016 (MJJASO) at the APEC Climate Center (APCC), located at Busan, Korea, indicates the further decaying of El Niño with transition to the La-Nina-type conditions in the second half of forecast period.
The forecasts for MJJ 2016 shows positive temperature anomalies to prevail over the globe, with highly probable above normal rainfalls in the central equatorial Pacific and below normal precipitation in Indochina and the Philippines.
The forecasts for ASO 2016 suggest further enhancement of equatorial Pacific cooling and associated negative precipitation anomalies.