Zambia is forecast to experience continued severe and increasing loss of electricity generating capacity at least until December 2016, according to ISciences WSIM Electricity Assessment. The WSIM Electricity Assessment is produced monthly and shows current and forecast estimated power losses globally for the next nine months.
ISciences Worldwide Water Watch List January 2016
Regions likely to encounter significant water deficits in the coming months include: much of Canada, the Mississippi Valley, US; southern Mexico; northern Brazil; Mediterranean Europe; North Africa, coastal West Africa, southern Africa; western Turkey; and Southeast Asia. Significant water surpluses are forecast for: the Southern Plains, US; central Argentina; Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania; southeast India; and northwestern Australia. This watch list is based on ISciences' Water Security Indicator Model (WSIM) Global Water Monitor and Forecast issued 6 January 2016.
Severe to Exceptional Water Deficits Forecast for Indian Monsoon Season
Severe to exceptional water deficits are forecast during the South Asian Monsoon season for large portions of India, particularly in the north in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and in a central eastward swath that includes Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Orissa. This pattern is similar to deficits encountered during the 2014 monsoon season and, as a result, may lead to significant impacts on people, agriculture, and industry.
ISciences Worldwide Water Watch List June 2015
Regions likely to encounter significant water anomalies in the coming months include: United States, Central America and Northern South America, Europe, Coastal West Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This watch list is based on ISciences' Water Security Indicator Model (WSIM) Global Water Monitor and Forecast issued 12 June 2015.
Temperature and Precipitation Outlook for June 2015
Most of the world's land surface is forecast to have above normal temperatures in June 2015. Extreme warm anomalies are forecast for the west coasts of Central and South America and portions of the Sahel and Egypt. Cool anomalies are forecast for Texas, central Mexico. Cool extremes are forecast for central Africa.
Wet anomalies are forecast for Southwest United States, Northwest Mexico, Western and Southern Brazil, Turkey, and portions of Western Australia. Dry anomalies are forecast for Northern South America, Northern India, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines.