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Climate Prediction Center’s Hispaniola Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET
November 3 – November 9, 2011
Light rainfall continues across Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hispaniola has continued to observe light (< 10 mm) rainfall during the past week. The heaviest (< 30 mm) rainfall was observed over the Ouest, Nippes, Sud departments of Haiti, and eastern Dominican Republic. The weekly rainfall totals were mostly average relative to climatology and helped to strengthen the rainfall deficits over central Haiti during the past thirty days. However, the above-average rainfall during the first half of October has provided favorable and sufficient ground moisture across much of the country, in particular the southern Peninsula. During the next week, forecasts suggest another week of light rainfall across Haiti.
However, local areas of the Grand-Anse, Sud-Est, and Ouest departments could experience isolated showers and thunderstorms during the next week. While rainfall is expected to subside across much of Haiti during November, the heavy (> 50 mm) rains forecast should aid cropping activities in many local areas of Haiti.
