Climate monitoring bulletin for the major river basins

The Amazon Basin

Volume 02 - Number 51

Publication date: December 18, 2024

Periodicity: Weekly

ISSN 2965-7857 • DOI 10.61818/78570251

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 November 19 and December 18, 2024, the rainfall pattern remains below climatological levels in a large part of the monitored area, with a precipitation deficit on the main course of the Amazon River in Brazilian and Peruvian territory, the hydrographic basins of the Abacaxis, Aripuanã, Branco, Curuá Una, Içá, Iriri, Japurá, Javari, Ji-Paraná, Juruá, Juruena, Marañon, basins on the left bank of the Amazon River in the northwest of the state of Pará, Napo, Negro, Tapajos, Teles Pires, Ucayali, Xingu and the main course of the Solimões River, rainfall above climatology characterized the basins of the Coari and Mamoré rivers. The multimodel forecast indicates rainfall below the climatology in the east of the monitored area, over the main course of the Amazon River in Basel territory, the basins of the Abacaxis, Aripuanã, Curuá Una, Iriri, Ji-Paraná, Madeira rivers, the basins on the left bank of the Amazon River in the northeast of the state of Amazonas, the northeast and northwest of the state of Pará, the Tapajós, Ucayali and Xingu rivers.

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