Climate monitoring bulletin for the major river basins

The Amazon Basin

Volume 02 - Number 39

Publication date: September 25, 2024

Periodicity: Weekly

ISSN 2965-7857 • DOI 10.61818/78570239

Precipitation anomaly in the Amazon Basin
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Current conditions

Maps of observed precipitation conditions, individual graphics by basin are produced from MERGE/GPM data generated by INPE/CPTEC, considering the period from de 2000 a 2023. Between August 27 and September 25, 2024, the rainfall pattern remains below climatological levels in a large part of the monitored area, with a precipitation deficit along the course of the Amazon in Brazilian and Peruvian territory, the hydrographic basins of the Abacaxis, Aripuanã, Beni, Coari, Curuá Una, Guaporé, Içá, Iriri, Japurá, Javari, Ji- Paraná, Juruá, Juruena, Jutaí, Madeira, Mamoré, Marañon, basins on the left bank of the Amazon River in the northeast of the state of Amazonas and in the northeast and northwest of the state of Pará, Napo, Negro, Purus, Tapajós, Tefé, Teles Pires, Ucayali, Xingu and the main course of the Solimões River, only the Branco River basin showed a volume of rainfall considered close to normal. The sub-seasonal multi-model forecast indicates rainfall close to climatology predominating in most of the monitored basins, with positive anomalies in isolated areas in the central region and a rainfall deficit in the south of the region in the coming weeks.

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