CariCOF Caribbean Climate Outlooks: November 2020 to January 2021

The CariCOF Climate Outlooks for November 2020 to January 2021 are now available. These include:

• Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
• Temperature Outlook Maps
• Precipitation Outlook Maps
• Drought Outlook
• Wet Days & Wet Spells Outlook
• Dry Spells Outlook
• Heat Outlook and
• The Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter.

Summary for the upcoming 3-month period, November 2020 to January 2021:  “La Niña conditions are in place. This means particularly high flooding, flash flood, landslide, rockfall and soil erosion potential across Belize and the Caribbean Islands until December and, from late-November, in the coastal Guianas. With the transition into the dry season in Belize and the islands, frequent, short dry spells are expected from Hispaniola westward, potentially impacting unprotected crop farming. On a positive note, with the intense 2020 Heat Season ending in October, heat stress should quickly subside.”