“However, with above normal rainfall expected over most of the Caribbean from July/August, drought concerns would greatly diminish with the southern islands of the Eastern Caribbean and Belize still having to be watchful,” it said.
It said Trinidad ranged from extremely dry in the extreme southwest to normal in the northeast; Tobago and Dominica normal to slightly dry; while in Grenada it was normal to slightly wet; and Barbados slightly dry.
The CDPMN said that St Vincent and the Grenadines, which earlier this week urged residents to pray for rain to deal with the drought, was moderately dry during the first three months, while St Lucia and Martinique recorded moderate to severely dry conditions.
Guadeloupe has been very wet in the west to moderately dry in the east with St Kitts slight to moderately wet; while Antigua, St Maarten, Anguilla, St Croix and St Thomas recorded normal conditions.
Northern Bahamas ranged from normal to moderately dry and Belize from normal in the south east to exceptionally dry in the north east,,” the CDPMN added.
