SPI Monitor July 2011

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Discussion

July 2011

Normal to above normal conditions were experienced in the eastern Caribbean during July. Tobago and Grenada were normal, but Trinidad was normal to abnormally wet. St. Vincent and Barbados were moderately wet; Antigua and Anguilla very wet; St. Lucia, St. Kitts and St. Croix extremely wet; and Dominica exceptionally wet. Conditions in Guyana ranged from normal in the west to moderately dry in the east. Puerto Rico was extremely wet; whilst conditions in the Dominican Republic ranged from moderately wet in the west to extremely wet in the east. Jamaica was very to extremely wet and Cayman abnormally wet. Belize was normal in the south to moderately wet in the north.

May 2011 to July 2011

As with July, the eastern Caribbean experienced normal to above normal conditions. Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada were normal; Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Anguilla and St. Croix moderately wet; and Dominica and Antigua very wet. Conditions experienced in Guyana were normal in the west to severely dry in the east. Puerto Rico was very wet. Rainfall experienced in the Dominican Republic was from extremely wet in the west to moderately wet in the east. Jamaica was very wet in the west and extremely wet in the east, but Cayman Islands was moderately dry. Belize was normal for the period.

February 2011 to July 2011

For the six month period the eastern Caribbean was above normal. Trinidad and St. Croix were abnormally wet; Tobago, Grenada, St. Kitts and Antigua moderately wet; St. Lucia very wet; Barbados and St. Vincent extremely wet; and Dominica exceptionally wet. Conditions in Guyana ranged from normal in the west to moderately wet in the east. Puerto Rico was moderately wet. The Dominican Republic was very wet in the west and moderately wet elsewhere. Jamaica was moderately wet in the west and very wet in the east; but Cayman Islands was severely dry. Belize was normal.

August 2010  to July 2011

Rainfall for the eastern Caribbean was above normal for the twelve month period. Trinidad, Tobago and Anguilla were moderately wet; Grenada and Dominica extremely wet; Barbados, St. Vincent and St. Lucia exceptionally wet; Antigua and St. Kitts very wet; and St. Croix abnormally wet. Apart from the north that was normal, Guyana was predominantly abnormally wet. Puerto Rico was extremely wet, whilst the Dominican Republic the was moderately wet in the west to normal in the east. Jamaica was very wet in the west and extremely wet in the east; but Cayman Islands was moderately dry.