Regional Consultative Workshop on El Niño in Asia-Pacific Country Presentation of Myanmar 7-9 June 2016 Bangkok, Thailand
El Niño Impact (Myanmar Aspect) The impacts of El Nino event on the climate and weather of Myanmar Above Mean annual temperature (Extreme Temperature Bl Below Annual rainfall ll(consecutive Dry Days) Below Monsoon rainfall More frequent Drought index (Consecutive Dry and Hot Days) Less of Storm frequency in the BoB Monsoon intensity Late Onset of southwest monsoon Early Withdrawal of southwest monsoon Short Duration of rainy season Since Myanmar anmarenjoys the southwest monsoonand isan agricultural country, and almost 90% of the country's annual rainfall are received from the monsoon rain, this in turn will affect on the country's economy
El Niño Impact (Myanmar Aspect) Extreme Temperature 47.2 C Myinmu(Dry zone) 14 May 2010 El Nino (Drought) Water shortage at Ta Khon DineVillage Village, Near Bago
El Niño Impact (Myanmar Aspect) Water Crisis in Myanmar Thousands of people especially from country sides and remote villages are suffering from drought. With the drought, even simple everyday living becomes increasingly difficulties. All small and big lakes are drying out and people have to face worsening shortage of clean and drinking water. Water shortage at Ta Khon Dine Village, Near Bago
El Niño Impact (Myanmar Aspect) Severe Shortage of Water in many parts of Myanmar As a result of High temperature and less rain, many streams and water reservoirs were dried up.
Response Actions to El Niño In 2016, Communities in Myanmar, among other nations in the Asia Pacific region, are expected to be exposed to extreme heat, water shortages and the potential spreading of diseases. The El Niño Outlook Forum provided stakeholders with the latest information about the phenomenon s expected global and regional impact and a country specific seasonal outlook kfor Myanmar. El Niño Outlook Forum
Response Actions to El Niño El Nino Outlook kforum was organized as part of ADPC s longterm program to strengthen weather and climate services in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Vietnam funded by the Norwegian government. Participated by government agencies, international organizations, andmediarepresentatives representatives, the outlookforum provided stakeholders with the latest information about El Niño s expected global and regional impact. Government agencies presented tdon preparedness measures in different sectors, including water resources management, agriculture, energy, and health. DMH issued (7) times El Nino Outlook for Myanmar during 5 months (Jan to May 2016) in this 2015 2016 Strong El Nino Year.
Challenges Need to Monitor weather/climate/environmental data in realtime. Need to activate nationally and locally prepared communication and response plan. Need to serve as a platform for a dialogue between weather forecasting centers and those applying the available knowledge to design and implement effective preparedness measures to mitigate El Niño s impact. Decision makers need to encourage and also understand the forecasts are for particular locations, seasons, and time periods. More research works are needed in the future in this field of a global phenomenon.
Support Required (next 6 months) DMH require the enhance forecasts on multiple timescales (Seasonal, monthly, weekly, daily, etc.) from the Global and Regional Climate Centers for the area. DMH require the up to date information for future ENSO events. DMH required reliablesources for remote sensing information in near real time information of indicating water bodies, drought index, heat index, vegetation index in the area and map interpretative technologies.