The CariCOF Climate Outlooks for January to March 2025 are now available. These include:
- Heat Outlook
- Flash Flood Potential Outlook (Experimental)
- Temperature Outlook Maps
- Precipitation Outlook Maps
- Wet Days & Wet Spells Outlook
- Drought Outlook
- Dry Spells Outlook and
- The Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter
The following excerpt from CariCOF’s Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter summarises the climate conditions and related hazards for the upcoming 3-month period January to March 2025:
Unusually warm Tropical North Atlantic Ocean temperatures forecasted for this period imply: (i) increased severe weather activity through early February in the Guianas, resulting in high to extremely high potential for flooding, flash floods, cascading hazards and associated impacts; (iii) short dry spells increase in frequency during the core of the 2024-25 Dry Season, particularly in the far northwest of the region. Short and long-term drought are evolving in southwest Belize and southern Puerto Rico. Widespread extreme heat is not expected through February, i.e., during the Caribbean Cool Season -, but may occur in parts of Belize and Trinidad during March. Recurrent incursion of Saharan dust into the Caribbean is possible.