Central America & Hispaniola BriefingCentral America & Hispaniola Briefing 24 January 2012

Tom.DiLiberto@noaa.govTom.DiLiberto@noaa.gov

Gauge measurements Dominican Republic:-1) Puerto Plata – 52 mm-2) Santiago Intl Arpt – 3 mm-3) Barahona – 18 mm-4) Punta Cana – 10 mm

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GTS Rain gauge Measurement From Jan 17 – January 23, 2011

Belize Int’l Airport: 14.1 mm

Flores: 1.4 mm Puerto Barrios: 30.1 mm

Huehuetenango: 0 mm La Ceiba: 1 mm

Puerto Lempira: 8.4 mm

Tegucigalpa: 0 mm

Tela: 0 mm

San Jose: 0 mm

Limon Int’l: 5 mm

Catacamas: 4.6 mm

David: 0 mm Santiago: 0 mm

Guatemala: 0 mm

Roatan: 36.7 mm

Tocumen: 0 mm

7- Day Anomaly

30-Day Anomaly

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January 27th 00UTC

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La Niña

La Niña

Figure provided by the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society (updated 17 January 2012).

CFS.v1 Issued January 23rd,(not PDF corrected)

CFS.v2 Issued January 23rd,

• La Niña is expected to continue into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2012.