COSPPac Pacific Weekly Access-S Update - Wednesday 16 July 2025
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Ocean Outlook, fortnight to 1 August: • Sea surface temperature (SST) forecasts more than 0.8°C above-normal are favoured in the following country Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZs): Palau, southern FSM, PNG, southwestern Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, large parts of Fiji, and patches of eastern French Polynesia. SST anomalies above 1.2°C are favoured in north-eastern PNG, most of New Caledonia, Vanuatu, southern Fiji, and south Tonga. Elsewhere, SSTs are predicted to be near-normal.