SPI Monitor November 2018

November 2018

For the month of November, the southern portion of the eastern chain of islands experienced normal to below normal rainfall, while the remainder of the eastern chain experienced normal to above normal rainfall. Trinidad was normal to severely dry from south to north; Tobago slight to moderately dry; Grenada, Barbados, St. Kitts, Anguilla, and St. Maarten normal; St. Vincent normal to slightly dry; St. Lucia normal to moderately wet from north to south; Martinique normal to slightly wet; Dominica moderate to very wet; Guadeloupe moderate to extremely wet; and Antigua slight to moderately wet. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately dry in southern Suriname and southeast Guyana to extremely wet in northern and eastern French Guiana and southwestern Guyana. Aruba was normal, but Curacao slight to moderately dry. Puerto Rico ranged from moderately dry in the west to normal in the east; while Hispaniola was predominantly normal apart from the southwest Haiti that was slight to extremely dry and eastern Dominican Republic that was slight to exceptionally dry. Conditions in Jamaica ranged from extremely wet in the west to exceptionally dry in the east; but Grand Cayman was slight to moderately dry. Cuba ranged from normal in the west to exceptionally dry in the southeast, while northern Bahamas was normal to moderately dry. Belize was normal to moderately wet from east to west.

September to November 2018

For the three month period, apart from Martinique that was moderately dry, the islands of the eastern Caribbean experienced normal to above normal rainfall. Trinidad, Tobago, Dominica and Guadeloupe were normal to moderately wet; Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, and St. Maarten normal. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately wet in northern and southwest Guyana and northern French Guiana, to slightly dry around the northeastern border of Suriname with French Guiana. Aruba was normal, but Curacao normal to slightly wet. Conditions in Puerto Rico ranged from severely dry in the west to normal in the east; while Hispaniola ranged from normal in the north to exceptionally dry in eastern Dominican Republic and to extremely dry in southwestern Haiti. Jamaica ranged from moderately wet in the west to severely dry in the north and east, but Grand Cayman was normal. Cuba ranged from normal in western and northeastern areas to extremely dry in west central areas; but northern Bahamas was normal to severely dry. Belize ranged from moderately wet in the west to moderately dry in the north.

 

June to November 2018

Mixed conditions were experienced in the islands of the eastern Caribbean for the six month period. Trinidad ranged from moderately dry in the north to very wet in the south; Tobago severely dry to normal from west to east; Grenada and St. Kitts normal; Barbados normal to severely dry; St. Vincent slight to moderately dry; St. Lucia normal to moderately dry; Martinique moderate to severely dry; Dominica slightly wet to moderately dry; Guadeloupe slightly dry to moderately wet; Antigua normal to slightly dry; and Anguilla and St. Maarten slightly dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from extremely wet in southwest Guyana to slightly dry in northern Guyana and to moderately wet in southeastern French Guiana. Aruba was normal, while Curacao was normal to slightly wet. Puerto Rico was normal to moderately dry, but Hispaniola slightly dry in the north to exceptionally dry in the south and southwest. Conditions in Jamaica ranged from normal in the west and south west to exceptionally dry in the east, but Grand Cayman moderately dry. Western Cuba was moderately dry, while the east was normal to severely dry; and northern Bahamas was normal to moderately dry. Belize ranged from normal in the south to moderately dry in the north.

December 2017 to November 2018

Mixed rainfall conditions were experienced in the islands of the eastern Caribbean for the twelve month period. Trinidad was normal to extremely wet; Tobago slightly dry to moderately wet; Grenada normal; Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Kitts normal to slightly dry; Martinique normal to slightly wet; Dominica predominantly moderately wet; Guadeloupe moderately wet to moderately dry from west to east; Antigua slightly dry; and St. Maarten moderately dry. Conditions in the Guianas ranged from moderately wet in southwest Guyana, northwest Suriname, the northern Suriname/French Guiana border, and southeast French Guiana to normal in much of Guyana, southern Suriname and southwest and northeast French Guiana. Aruba was slightly dry, but Curacao normal. Apart from the extreme southwest that was slightly dry, Puerto Rico was normal; but Hispaniola ranged from normal in northwest Haiti to exceptionally dry in the south. Conditions in Jamaica ranged from moderately wet in the west to extremely dry in the east, while Grand Cayman was moderately dry. Apart from west-central and extreme southeastern areas that were slightly dry, Cuba was normal; and northern Bahamas was also normal. Belize was also predominantly normal apart from in the southeast that ranged from slight to severely dry.

December 2016 to November 2018

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