% of normal • Below = between 40 and 80 % • Normal = between 80 and 120 % • Above = between 120 and 160 % • Well above = > 160 % Past 6 months rainfall anomalies for ICU Islands group (TRMM) Experimental product
September 2014 ICU Rainfall Guidance ISLAND PROBABILITY OUTLOOK CONFIDENCE FSM 25 35 40 AVG - ABOVE High Cook Islands (Southern) 25 40 35 AVG - ABOVE High Kiribati (Eastern) 25 40 35 AVG - ABOVE Moderate-High Kiribati (Western) 25 40 35 AVG - ABOVE Moderate-High Austral Islands 30 40 30 NEAR NORMAL High Pitcairn Island 30 40 30 NEAR NORMAL High Samoa 30 40 30 NEAR NORMAL High Solomon Islands 30 40 30 NEAR NORMAL High Tonga 30 40 30 NEAR NORMAL High Fiji 35 35 30 CLIMATOLOGY Moderate Niue 30 35 35 CLIMATOLOGY Moderate Wallis & Futuna 35 35 30 CLIMATOLOGY Moderate Papua New Guinea 40 40 25 AVG - BELOW Moderate-High Cook Islands (Northern) 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW High Marquesas 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW Moderate-High New Caledonia 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW High Society Islands 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW High Tokelau 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW Moderate-High Tuamotu Islands 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW High Tuvalu 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW Moderate-High Vanuatu 40 35 25 AVG - BELOW High Rainfall outcomes estimated from an average of dynamical and statistical models for the Pacific Ocean region. The first three columns indicate the probability for rainfall occurring in one of three terciles (lower-L, middle-M, upper-U). The fourth column is an overall assessment of the expected rainfall relative to normal for the time of year.
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