COSPPac Pacific Weekly Access-S Update - Wednesday 18 June 2025

Abstract

Ocean Outlook, fortnight to 04 July: • Sea surface temperature (SST) forecasts more than 0.8°C above-normal are favoured in the following country Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZs): northern CNMI, Guam, eastern Palau, northern RMI, western and southern FSM, PNG, western and central Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, western and southern Fiji, southern and western Tonga, patches of southern French Polynesia, and central and southern Pitcairn Is. SST anomalies above 1.2°C are favoured in eastern PNG mainland, most of New Caledonia, southern Fiji and southern Tonga. Elsewhere, SSTs are predicted to be near-normal.