The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum is reporting that a long-term drought, to the end of November is evolving in Grenada and other Caribbean nations.
The Barbados-based institute says north Atlantic temperatures should remain well above average, continuing to fuel unusually strong tropical cyclone activity.
In its recent Caribbean Climate Outlooks, the agency said that for the period October to December this year, there will be amplified heat stress through October with higher temperatures, humidity, and heat wave frequency.
It said that this will fuel a record-breaking Caribbean heat season.
The agency said that there will also be increased shower intensity during the peak of the wet season, leading to a high potential for flooding and cascading hazards.
Long-term drought to the end of November is also evolving in western Belize, Dominica, Southern French Guiana, Martinique, southeast Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and might possibly develop or continue in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, Barbados, French Guiana, St. Lucia, and Sint Maarten.
