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Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
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November-December 2015-January 2016 Rainfall Verification
/in Forecast Quality Verifications, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradinePrecipitation Outlook November – December 2015 – January 2016
November – December 2015 – January 2016 Observed Tercile-Based Rainfall Categories
November – December 2015 – January 2016 Observed Percentage of Average Rainfall
Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter March to May 2016
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Climate Outlook Newsletter, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradineCariCOF Drought Outlook by the End of May 2016
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Drought Outlook, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradineWet Days and Wet Spells Outlooks March to May 2016
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Long Range Forecasts, Wet Days and Wet Spells /by Wayne DepradineOctober-November-December 2015 Rainfall Verification
/in Forecast Quality Verifications, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradinePrecipitation Outlook October – December 2015
October – December 2015 Observed Tercile-Based Rainfall Categories
October – December 2015 Observed Percentage of Average Rainfall
Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter February to April 2016
/in CariCOF Climate Outlooks, Climate Outlook Newsletter, Long Range Forecasts /by Wayne DepradineCaribbean Drought Bulletin Vol 2 Issue 9 February 2016
/in Climate Bulletins, Drought /by Wayne DepradineSPI Monitor January 2016
/in SPI Monitor /by Wayne DepradineJanuary 2016
Normal to below normal rainfall was experienced in the eastern Caribbean and northern Guyana in January. Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, Anguilla and St. Maarten were moderately dry; Tobago and Barbados normal; Dominica extremely dry; St. Croix exceptionally dry and northern Guyana slightly dry in the north to extremely dry in the southeast. Aruba was moderately dry and Curacao extremely dry. Puerto Rico ranged from slightly wet in the west to moderately dry in the east, but apart from the extreme east and west, the Dominican Republic was normal. Jamaica was slightly dry in the south and normal in the east, while Grand Cayman was normal. Conditions in Belize ranged from extremely dry in the south to slightly dry in the north.
November 2015 to January 2016
August 2015 to January 2016
February 2015 to January 2016
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.
The Trinidad & Tobago In-Country Workshop – Mapping Provider Capacity and User Needs for Climate Services
/in EWISACTs, EWISACTs Workshop Reports /by Wayne DepradineTrinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority, Caroni North Bank Road, Piarco, Trinidad
12th February, 2016