The Rainy Season is Just Around the Corner
March 17th, 2010 | by admin |Get your umbrella ready as the rainy season approaches. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) – national weather service – is predicting that the start of the season will be one week ahead of normal.
The IMN also says that the rains will be heavier than normal this year in the North Pacific (Guanacaste) and Central Pacific (Jacó, Quepos) and the Central Valley (San José).
The South Pacific, Caribbean and Northern zone will get normal rain conditions.
The prediction is that the rainy season will begin in the South Pacific the week of March 27 to 31, three weeks later (April 21 to 25) it will begin in the Central Pacific and the Central Valley by the week of May 6 to 10. The Pacific North will get the rain commencing the week of May 11 to 15.
The prediction is that the North Pacific could see an increase of 20% more rain than usual, while there is an expected reduction of 5% in the Caribbean coast.
Weather experts are also predicting 16 cyclones during this season, of which 6 to 8 could become hurricanes.
The weather during the past week has hit records.
In San José, this past Saturday recorded the highest temperature in the last 12 years, reaching 32.6 Celsius (90.68 Fahrenheit).
This week the mercury is expected to soar to 38.5 Celsius in Liberia, 37 in Upala, 33 in Limón and 33.5 in San José.
