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The USAID FEWS NET Weather
Hazards Impacts Assessment for Hispaniola May 26 – June 1, 2011
An increase in rainfall was observed across Haiti during the past week, but it was insufficient to eliminate moisture deficits in most areas.
However, favorable conditions are expected to return as moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast over Haiti during the next seven days.
Light to moderate (10-30mm) rainfall was observed across much of Haiti during the past seven days. The heaviest (> 50mm) rainfall was observed in the West and Centre departments of central Haiti. However, the total rainfall that was observed during the last seven days was insufficient to relieve the ongoing dryness that has developed across the country since the last several weeks. In the northern and central departments of Haiti, the continuing lack of rainfall has now resulted in thirty-day moisture deficits ranging between 100 and 200mm. Farmers have been reported to be unable to sow due to the lack of rainfall. However, rainfall forecast suggests the return of a more widespread moderate to heavy (30-50mm) rainfall across Haiti during the next week. If the favorable rainfall forecast materializes during the next seven days, it will help to relieve the moisture deficits and benefit agricultural activities in many areas of Haiti.
