Friday May 18th, 2012

  • Outlooks/ Monitors

    Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN)

    Creating a culture of rainfall monitoring to combat the negative impacts of climate extremes and future climate change.

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    Precipitation Outlook

    For the period May to July 2012, rainfall is predicted to likely be close to normal across the Caribbean. Nonetheless, a slight tendency is noted towards above normal in the extreme northern and western portions. Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname maintain normal to above normal rainfall. By contrast, the smaller Antillean islands may show a slight tendency towards below normal rainfall..

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  • Numerical Outputs

    Numerical weather prediction tools are being used increasingly to support weather forecasts over multiple days. CIMH is providing outputs from its regional implementations of MM5V3 and WRF to National Meteorological Services in the Caribbean to support their extended forecasts. In addition, CIMH is providing territorial WRF and hydrological model outputs.

    Regional Outputs: WRF | MM5
    Territorial Outputs: Haiti

  • Monthly Weather Summary

    Part A

    Climatological data for Grenada, St.Vincent, St.Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts, Cayman Islands.

    Part B

    Climatological data for Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Belize and Guyana.
    Please Note that Units have changed from 1982.

    Summaries are added periodically as prepared by J. Pigggot,  K. Carter, M. Hall, and L. Agard .

  • All Inquiries Should be Addressed to:

    The Principal
    Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
    P.O. Box 130
    Bridgetown
    BARBADOS

    Tel.: 246-425-1362/3/5
    Fax.: 246-424-4733
    Email:dfarrell@cimh.edu.bb
PLEASE NOTE: RAINFALL IS NOT MEASURED AT 11:00:00

Latest Observation

Date Taken 2012-05-17
Wind Direction E
Wind Speed 16 Km/h
Temperature 29°C
Relative Humidity 78%
Weather(WX) Cloudy
Rainfall measured at: 14:00:00 (mm) tr

Previous Observation

Date Taken 2012-05-17
Wind Direction SE by S
Wind Speed 34 Km/h
Temperature 30°C
Relative Humidity 70%
Weather(WX) Partly cloudy
Rainfall measured at: 11:00:00 (mm) nil

NEWS

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EVENTS

Caribbean Aviation Week

The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Satellite Meteorology will host the Caribbean Aviation Week – an Online event. This event is supported by the WMO-CGMS Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training in Satellite Meteorology (VLab).

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Women in Meteorology & Hydrology

The Caribbean Women in Meteorology and Hydrology (CWMH) network in proposed to introduce some of the Geneva Conference recommendations. The main focus would be exchange of information, education and support. Most important will be the emphasis on regionally education and mentoring programs among the women in the field.

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Agromet Network

The Caribbean Agricultural Meteorology Network (CarAgMet), a network of Caribbean meteorologists and agriculturists, was launched in September 2005. One of its aims is to promote functional dialogue between regional meteorologists and agriculturalists facilitating exchange of ideas and collaboration on agrometeorology-related issues within the member states of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO).

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Caribbean AgroMeteorological Initiative (CAMI)

The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) in partnership with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of ten Caribbean member States have received a grant from the European Union through the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Science and Technology (S&T) Programme for the Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI).

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WMO-CGMS VIRTUAL LABORATORY

A key component of the Strategy for Education and Training in Satellite Meteorology adopted by the WMO Executive Council, is the WMO-CGMS Virtual Laboratory for Training and Education in Satellite Meteorology (VLab) with the network of regional Centres of Excellence for satellite training.