Rashaed Esson
Staff Writer
#Caribbeannews, October 5, 2023 – October is set to bring a record breaking heat season for the region with very high temperatures, resulting in the continued fueling of powerful disaster activities; this is revealed by the CariCOF’s latest Caribbean Climate Outlook.
The document said for October to December, North Atlantic temperatures are expected to remain well above average which will further gas unusually powerful cyclone activity, amplify heat stress, humidity and heat wave frequency, “fueling a record breaking Caribbean Heat Season.”
Additionally, it said rainfall intensity is to be increased for the Wet Season, resulting in increased chances of flooding and cascading hazards, the release expressed.
A long-term drought at the end of November is evolving in evolving in western Belize, Dominica, southern French Guiana, Martinique, southeast Puerto Rico, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and might possibly develop or continue in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, Barbados, French Guiana, Grenada, St Lucia, and Sint Maarten/St Martin.
On the other hand, a short term drought season at the end of December, it says, is evolving in central and southern French Guiana, Suriname, Trinidad, and might possibly develop in Dominica, Guyana, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, and northern French Guiana.
