April
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 91 – April 2008
March’s climate
South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) extends from Coral Sea towards New Caledonia and Vanuatu, and is displaced well southwest of normal.
Suppressed convection exists from Western Kiribati to Eastern Kiribati and about the Equator with low rainfall, especially near Nauru.
Below normal rainfall for several stations in Fiji, the Northern Cook Islands, and in pa