COLOMBIA

INTRODUCTION

Colombia is situated at the northwestern part of South America. It is part of the Andean countries.
The Andes reach their northern end in Colombia, forming a massive and complex structured series of parallel Cordilleras which cut across the country and naturally sections Colombian climates.
During an ENSO decrease in precipitation are found with large impact on agriculture and the hydroelectrical sector. Relations between the intensity of Malaria cases and ENSO have also been established.

CLIMATE INFORMATION

Current Climate Climatology

Local
* Precipitation

Monthly mean

- Total Precipitation
- Anomaly

Time series for diff locations (click on map)

- past 30 days
- past 90 days
- past 365 days
* Temperature

Monthly Mean

Anomaly

Remote
* weekly-ENSO-update-CPC
* Sea Surface Temperatures

current SST indices

SST animation - Tropical Pacific

* Southern Oscillation

SO index in the tropical Pacific

SO index

* Whole country:

Annual Precipitation

Fractional Precipitation of seasons

Atmospheric circulation

Temperatures per season

* Climatic regions:

Clim summary

Carribean Coast

Pacific Coast

Andes

Inland

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 Precip Temp Discussion
Sep -Oct- Nov 2001 Precip Temp Discussion
Oct - Nov-Dec 2001 Precip Temp Discussion

IRI Global forecast

ENSO

ENSO relations

Regions El Niño La Niña

       JJA      SON     DJF        MAM      JJA   SON   DJF MAM

Pacific Coast                                       +Temp
                                      -Prec

Highlands                                       +Temp
                                      -Prec

Carribean Coast                                       +Temp
                                       -Prec

ENSO composits

ENSO Forecasts

* current ENSO forecast

UNFINISHED

IMAPCTS

Past ENSO impacts

Links to Colombia information: