Less Rain
Predicted For the 2009 Rainy Season
The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
national weather service - is predicting
less rain for the Central Valley, the
Pacific coastal areas and the Northern Zone,
between July and October this year, as
compared to the same period last year.
The IMN also says that the Caribbean coastal
areas will get more rain for July and
August, but less in September and October.
Juan Carlos Fallas, director of the IMN,
says the effects of the phenomenon La Niña,
in combination with the cooling of the
Atlantic Ocean, a cooling that was not
present as little as 15 years ago, explains
the change.
Falles added that the common will be one or
two days of dry weather and then three or
four of rain.
The uneven distribution of the rain could
affect farmers, especially in Guanacaste,
said the ministro de Ambiente, Energía y
Telecomunicaciones, Jorge Rodríguez. |
