GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 03 2017 – Weather officials Tuesday warned that Guyana is likely to experience sever weather conditions with rainfall expected to be in excess of 100 millimetres (mm) over the next few days.
The National Weather Watch Centre, Hydrometeorological Service said all regions are likely to be affected by the rains which may become heavy at times.
“Coastal areas may experience prolonged water accumulation/flooding in poor drainage, low lying and riverine areas,” the Hydrometeorological Service said, pointing out that “this weather forecast which will see continuous rainfall in the next four days is due to the development of an upper–level trough and a sub–tropical jet.
“Jet streams are caused by a combination of a planet’s rotation on its axis and atmospheric heating which results in fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmosphere. A subtropical jet stream is the zone of strong winds situated in the upper equatorward side.”
Last month, Guyana experienced severe flooding as a result of rainfall in excess of 80 mm with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, later empathising with citizens who were affected by the unusually heavy deluge.
“Floods cause economic dislocation, damage and losses and the HydroMet Office cannot afford to be casual about these matters,” Nagamootoo said then. (CMC)
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