Coral Bleaching Alert for Malampa is No Stress for August 2020.
El Nino Southern Oscillation
La Niña indicators continue to develop as the ENSO outlook shifted to La Niña WATCH since mid-June. The chance of this La Niña forming in 2020 is around 50%. International climate models surveyed by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) suggest sea surface temperatures in the central tropical Pacific will continue to cool over the coming months, hence majority of models (more than half surveyed) anticipate a La Niña event could be met by the end of spring (September - November 2020).
Rainfall
Normal to below normal rainfall is forecasted for the Malampa group in July.
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea surface temperatures over Malampa are currently up to 1.0 degree Celsius above normal.
-- Synoptic site
