Bulletin
March 31, 2019
ASMC
ASMC Bulletin (Issue #3, Mar 2019)
Highlights
- Neutral ENSO overall in the 2nd half of 2018.
- Eastern Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures and the Madden-Julian Oscillation influenced regional rainfall patterns in the second half of 2018.
- El Niño conditions may develop from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
- Brief periods of transboundary haze over southern Southeast Asia during dry weather conditions between July and October 2018.
- Events: ASMC Workshop on the Use and Interpretation of Data for Fire and Haze Monitoring for the Mekong Sub-region & ASEANCOF-11.
CLIMATE REVIEW (JUL – DEC 2018): Warm SSTs but overall neutral ENSO


