The forecast through September indicates that water surpluses from northern European Russia through the Western Siberian Plain and in the Volga Basin will shrink. Deficits will increase in the Yenisei River Basin and shrink in Kazakhstan.
Central Asia & Russia: Water deficits will persist north of Lk Baikal
The forecast through December indicates widespread, intense water surpluses in the Northern European Plain reaching across the Urals through the Ob River Basin. Intense deficits are expected around the Gulf of Ob and in the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River region of the Yenisei Watershed. Surpluses are forecast for Kyrgyzstan, western Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and along Turkmenistan’s southern border where surpluses will be extreme to exceptional.