7 JUNE 1998. PERU; OCEANOGRAPHIC
Press Release N°011/98 from the Multisectorial Committee in charge of the study of El Nino 1. The Intertropical Convergence Zone is located between 2 and 5 degrees S and its behavior is similar to that before the onset of ENSO, however rains continue to fall along the Peruvian north coast because of the presence of warm water offshore. 2. Rains should diminish in the mountains and Amazonian lowlands. 3. In May, while temperatures have remained high, they have begun to diminish. 4. Tumbes, Talara, Piura and Chiclayo had rainfalls of 180, 3.0, 6.1 and 0.9 mm respectively. 5. Seasurface temperatures have decreased to normal south of Pisco. 6. Conditions should return to normal along the coast in July.-translated from a report provided by Miguel Rabi <rabi@telematic.edu.pe>
 
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