June

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 81 – June 2007

May’s climate

• South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) located from Papua New Guinea to the Society Islands; quite active over Samoa
• Rainfall above average in parts of Fiji, American Samoa, and Northern French Polynesia
• Below average rainfall in parts of New Caledonia, Western Kiribati, the Austral, and the Kermadec Islands
• Warmer than normal in Southern Tonga, Niue, the Southern Cook Islands, parts of Central and Southern French Polynesia, and throughout Tuvalu
• Pierre, the 7th named tropical cyclone of the season

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

• Neutral ENSO conditions currently prevail in the tropical Pacific
• Below average rainfall likely over Eastern Kiribati and Tuvalu
• Above average rainfall forecast for the Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, the Northern Cook Islands and Society Islands

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