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Rainy Season Around The
Corner, Appearing Early This Year
Best is to start getting ready your umbrella
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.
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