El Nino Watch

ECMWF Asia outlook maps

Latest ECMWF 3-month rain and temperature outlook maps for Asia.

Forecasts and bulletins

Status key ecmwf_seas5_asia {base_time, charts: [{id, kind, season, url, how_to_read}], climate_period}.

Limits. Monthly; probabilities, not amounts.

How to read it

Brown = drier favoured, green = wetter, white = no signal (rain); orange/red warmer, blue colder (temperature). Darker = more likely.

Why it matters for Koh Samui

Tells whether the monsoon and dry season ahead lean dry or hot over southern Thailand.

Sources

ENSO status now

ONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.80 °C, JJA 2026 (previous +1.39 °C)
RONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.36 °C, JJA 2026
Nino 3.4 weekly (NOAA CPC / OISST)
+3.0 °C anomaly, week of 16 Sep 2026 (SST 29.6 °C)