Heavy Rains And Flooding
Predicted For the
Caribbean Coast For
December and January
The Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
- the national weather
service - is predicting
higher than normal rainy
conditions for the
Caribbean and Northern
Zone for the months of
December and January.
Although the Central
Valley and Pacific coast
are entering the dry or
summer season, the rainy
season is the worst for
the Caribbean area of
Limón and the Northern
Zone that includes
Sarapíqui and Tortuguero.
The prediction was
announced by Werner
Stolz, head of Análisis
y Pronóstico del IMN,
that explained that the
heavy rain will be
accompanied by cold
fronts and strong winds.
Stolz added that the
level of rain is
expected much higher
that normal for the
season, equalling or
surpassing 1.300
millimetres per square
metre in December and
907 in January. This
year, between January
and October, the total
accumulation in Limón as
2.42 millimetres per
square metre.
IMN officials are asking
residents of the area to
take precuationary
measures in the face of
possible flooding and
mudslides caused by the
heavy rain.
The cold front to hit
the Caribbean coast will
also affect the Central
Valley (San José,
Alajuela, Heredia and
Cartago) as temperatures
for December and January
will be lower than
normal. Stolz said that
Cartago may see cool
temperatures of 14
Celsius in the early
morning hours and highs
of 22 - 24 Celsius, when
the normal day
temperatures are 28
Celsius.
However, temperatures in
the Pacific coast will
not be affected hovering
between 30 and 34
Celsius. |
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