Western Indian Ocean

The decadal forecast of the UK Meteorological Office shows the observed higher temperatures in 2016 and 2020, and updates the January 2020 forecast (at right), now predicting cooler temperatures in…

2020 was tied with 2016 as the warmest years on record, making it the sixth in a series of exceptionally warm years starting in 2015, and resulting in 2011-2020 being…

Hot spot development is highest along the East African coast where the alert for coral bleaching is high for the coming week. However, temperatures are declining throughout the region as…

No changes since February and both ENSO and IOD are still in neutral phases. Sea surface temperatures remain warmer than average across much of the Indian Ocean basin. The Bleaching…

2019 was a record hot year globally, indicated by record conditions during the northern summer across Europe, and the record-breaking heat and fire season in Australia during December 2019. Decadal…

Large parts of the WIO are still warmer than normal but are generally cooling as the southeast wind intensifies. The only significant SST hotspots are in the Seychelles and the…

Large parts of the WIO are still hotter than average apart from the Southern Mozambique Channel, however, conditions are stable or cooling across most of the region, with a noticeable…

Tropical Cyclone Idai moved across the central Mozambique Channel in both directions, with moderate wind-speeds, resulting in cooler than normal SST. Elsewhere, temperatures are also cooling of the mainland coast,…