The Caribbean Regional Climate Centre
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
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Barbados BB23006
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Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter November 2017 to January 2018
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Climate Outlook Newsletter, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradineWet Days and Wet Spells Outlooks November 2017 to January 2018
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Long Range Forecasts, Wet Days and Wet Spells /by Wayne DepradineCaribbean Coral Reef Watch Vol 2 Issue 9 October 2017
/in Climate Bulletins, Coral Reef /by Wayne DepradineCariCOF Drought Outlook by the End of December 2017
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Drought Outlook, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradineMonthly Rainfall September 2017
/in Climate Monitoring, Monthly Rainfall /by Wayne DepradineSPI Change September 2017
/in Climate Monitoring, SPI Change /by Wayne DepradineSPI Monitor September 2017
/in SPI Monitor /by Wayne DepradineSeptember 2017
Normal to above normal rainfall was experienced over the islands of the eastern Caribbean for September 2017. Trinidad, Tobago, St. Vincent, and St. Lucia were normal; Grenada slightly wet; Barbados very to extremely wet from south to north; Martinique slight to moderately wet; Dominica and Guadeloupe exceptionally wet; Antigua moderately wet; and St. Kitts very wet. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately dry in the north to extremely wet in southern Suriname and western Guyana. Aruba and Curacao were normal. Conditions in Hispaniola ranged from slight to moderately dry in southern Haiti to exceptionally wet in most of the Dominican Republic; while Jamaica ranged from extremely wet in central areas to severely dry in the west. Grand Cayman was normal. Western Cuba was slightly dry to slightly wet, and eastern areas normal to exceptionally wet. Belize ranged from exceptionally dry in central areas to moderately dry in the south and moderately wet in the north.
July to September 2017
April to September 2017
October 2016 to September 2017
October 2015 to September 2017
Disclaimer
The information contained herein is provided with the understanding that The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or suitability of the Outlook. The information may be used freely by the public with appropriate acknowledgement of its source, but shall not be modified in content and then presented as original material.
The maps produced used SPI values calculated from monthly rainfall totals from land stations and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data. Only land station data is used for the eastern Caribbean, described here as from Georgetown, Guyana in the south to Anguilla in the north. The Greater (and Western) Antilles is less represented by land stations. However efforts are being made to include more land stations from that part of the region. Note that the severity implied by the index is relative to what is normal for that period of consideration. Normal in the drier season reflects less rainfall than in the wetter season.
Temperature Outlook October 2017 to March 2018
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Long Range Forecasts, Precipitation Outlook /by Wayne DepradineOctober to December 2017
January to March 2018
Precipitation Outlook October 2017 to March 2018
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Long Range Forecasts, Precipitation Outlook /by Wayne Depradine