Rainfall well below average to date

Based on figures for the year thus far, the rainfall level is well below average.

Emmanuel Mulchan, Chief Meteorologist stationed in Piarco, said that apart from the months of February and June, Trinidad did not get close to the anticipated levels of rainfall. He however stated that from past experience he has noticed that there is a tendency where nature somehow makes up for the low level in the latter months of the year. And with the forecast for an active hurricane season, it may well impact on the rainfall level in the coming months. Below is a break down of the calendar recording of the last seven months, taken at midnight to the next midnight. Regarding the number of systems that have emerged to July, there have been seven (7) in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Mexico range. Two of them, Claudette and Danny reached up to hurricane status, another two, Ana and Bill were tropical storms, while three of them never got stronger than tropical depressions. Mulchan noted that there was nothing developing in the air to suggest that there is going to be another system any time soon. When asked about the reason for such intense heat these days, Mulchan blamed it on the high humidity and light winds.