The two-week forecast (Figure 1) indicates a likelihood of above-average precipitation over parts of the central US, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, northeastern Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom, northwest Spain, northern Portugal, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, central Germany, Switzerland, northern Italy, southern Norway, northern Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Chad, western Central African Republic, South Sudan, Eritrea, western Ethiopia, southeast Kenya, eastern Tanzania, northwest Angola, eastern Russian Federation, southeast China, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, and northern New Zealand.

There is also a likelihood of below-average precipitation over the western Canadian Prairies, the west coast of the US, southern and western Mexico, northeastern Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, central Peru, northern and central-west Brazil, eastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, central Chile, eastern Spain, northern Norway, central Russian Federation, northern Morocco, northern Algeria, Tunisia, southern Angola, Zambia, southern Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, northern South Africa, Madagascar, central and southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, northern Iran, southern and northern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, eastern Nepal, western northeast China, central Mongolia, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, western Malaysia, and central Australia.