CariCOF Caribbean Climate Outlooks: December 2020 to February 2021

The CariCOF Climate Outlooks for December 2020 to February 2021 are now available. These include:

• 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, December 2020 to February 2021:  “La Niña conditions are in place, meaning a cool and less intense early dry season in the Caribbean Islands, except the Bahamas and Cuba. In Belize and the Islands, flooding, flash flood, landslide / rockfall and soil erosion potential will decrease from moderate in December to slight by January. In the Guianas, this potential will be high with an intense wet season. Increasingly frequent, short dry spells are forecast – especially from Hispaniola westward -, impacting unprotected crop farming and increasing wild fire potential.”