CHILE 
| The excessive rains in the central/central south part of the country
during this winter have provided enough water to almost of the dams so
that the defecient in water levels that most of them had have been recovered.
There is no treat to the electricity generation for the coming summer |
INTRODUCTION
Chile can be divided into four different climatic regions:
North, Central, South and Extreme south region (figure 1). In all
the regions except the desert North there are distinct wet and dry seasons.
In the central and south region of the country the wet winters and sunny
summers support the agriculture sector as well as dams for power generation,
which represent about 60% of the electric power generation in the country.
The relation of rainfall in Chile with ENSO events have long been established
and the potential for seasonal prediction has been investigated.
CLIMATE INFORMATION
| Current Climate |
Climatology |
Local
* Precipitation
* Temperature
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Remote
*
weekly-ENSO-update-CPC
* Sea Surface Temperatures
* Southern Oscillation
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* Whole country:
* Climatic regions:
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SEASONAL FORECAST
IRI Southamerica forecast
The IRI has produced seasonal climate forecast
for South America for the following 3-month sections:
Aug-Sep- Oct 2001 PrecipTempDiscussion
Sep -Oct- Nov 2001 PrecipTempDiscussion
Oct - Nov-Dec 2001 PrecipTempDiscussion
IRI Global
forecast
ENSO
ENSO relations
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El Niño |
La Niña |
| Regions |
DJF MAM JJA
SON |
DJF MAM JJA
SON |
| Central Chile |
+ PRECIP |
- PREC |
| Southern Central Chile |
-PREC |
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| Altiplano |
-PREC |
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ENSO composits
ENSO Forecasts
* current
ENSO forecast
UNFINISHED
IMAPCTS
Past ENSO
impacts
Links to Chile information:
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