July

An overview of the present climate in the tropical South Pacific Islands, with an outlook for the coming months, to assist in dissemination of climate information in the Pacific region.

Number 70 – July 2006

June’s climate

• South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) active over Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
• High rainfall occurred in central and southern Tonga and Niue
• Low rainfall throughout New Caledonia
• Temperature: below average in New Caledonia and northern Tonga; above average in French Polynesia

El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and seasonal rainfall forecasts

• The tropical Pacific remains in a neutral ENSO state
• Below average rainfall expected over Tuvalu and the Marquesas Islands
• An extensive region of near or above average rainfall expected from Papua New Guinea southeast to Pitcairn Island

Taking a sediment sample. [Malcolm Green]

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