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Climate Prediction Center’s Hispaniola Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET
August 16 – August 22, 2012
Average to below-average amounts of precipitation are expected over Haiti during the next week.
During the last seven days, an increase in precipitation was observed throughout the Caribbean associated with the passage of Hurricane Ernesto. In Haiti, the highest weekly precipitation accumulations (>50mm) were received in the southern and central departments of the country, with lesser amounts observed in the north. While the increased rains and moisture are expected to benefit the development of local crops, decreased rainfall along the northern coastline of Haiti and the Dominican Republic will prolong ongoing moisture deficits. Since the beginning of June, erratic and poorly distributed rainfall has resulted moisture deficits ranging between 50 to 75 percent of normal for the Artibonite, Nord and Nord-Est departments of Haiti. For the upcoming outlook period, light to moderate precipitation accumulations (20 – 50 mm) are expected across the island; with the potential for the heaviest (> 50 mm) rainfall amounts forecast over southern Haiti and central Dominican Republic during the next seven days.
No significant tropical activity is expected to impact Hispaniola during the earlier portion of the outlook period.
