The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says it is likely that storms and shower activity may be more erratic, while heat will remain in record territory, in particular in the Lesser Antilles, during the period July to September.
CariCof, which has already noted that “2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean,” said temperatures in the equatorial Pacific will likely continue to progressively cool into a La Niña while minus near record warm Tropical North Atlantic Ocean are set to continue over the next three months.
In its latest edition of the Caribbean Climate Outlooks Newsletter, released on Friday, CariCOF said therefore an intense peak of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the Caribbean Wet Season and Heat Season, will imply “frequent and intense episodes of oppressive humid heat, tropical cyclones and severe weather.”
It warned that tropical cyclones and severe weather pattern will result “in high potential for flooding, flash floods, cascading hazards and associated impacts.
