| March 03, 2020 | No.131 |
February 2020
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We had 0.35 inches of rain at the Palmira Station in February 2020. It is the dry season! The reports from around the District of Boquete for February are low but to be expected. February is usually a low precipitation month and at times a windy month.
Rainfall for
February 2020 |
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Area |
Contributors |
February 2020 |
Total 2020 |
El Santuario |
Terry Zach |
3.92 | 3.92 |
Jaramillo Arriba |
Steve Sarner |
0.92 | 5.37 |
Jaramillo Abajo |
Don Berkowitz |
0.65 | 7.33 |
Jaramillo Abajo |
Bobi McGann |
1.00 | 7.29 |
| Palo Alto | Nancy Pettersen | 5.10 | 16.53 |
El Salto Arriba |
Rodrigo Marciacq |
0.62 | 4.27 |
| Valle Escondido | Doug Remsen | 2.01 | 4.55 |
Brisas Boquetenas |
Austin Perry |
2.60 | 8.40 |
| Brisas Boquetenas | Richard Sturtz | 2.60 | 8.39 |
Los Molinos |
Sela Burkholder |
1.19 | 7.13 |
| Los Molinos | Fred Donelson | 1.17 | 6.53 |
Santa Lucia |
Paula Litt |
0.59 | 3.42 |
Lucero (Cielo Paraiso) |
Michael Mullin |
1.14 | 10.54 |
Cerro Verde |
Charlotte Lintz |
1.24 | 6.66 |
Boquete Country Club |
Paul Arrandale |
1.78 | 4.88 |
Palmira Abajo |
Betty Gray |
1.53 | 6.38 |
Palmira Arriba |
Lloyd Cripe |
0.35 | 3.53 |
n/a = not currently available but will be posted when available |
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You can check out the data for yourself over the past years. You can also look at the tables in the Climate Section to see what rains we have had in the month of February over the course of 14 years.
The latest ENSO Cycle Report is saying that "ENSO-neutral conditions are present. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are near-to-above average across the Pacific Ocean. The tropical atmospheric circulation is generally consistent with ENSO-neutral. ENSO-neutral is favored through Northern Hemisphere spring 2020 (~60% chance), continuing through summer 2020 (~50% chance)."
Here is a link to an excellent source for understanding El Niño. If you need some help with this, give this a read and you will learn a lot about this important weather phenomenon.
The IRI (International Research Institute for Climate and Society) (select South America from the Region menu) is predicting that Panama will have about normal levels of precipitation for the months of March-April-May 2020 (light green).
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ETESA's, hydrology and meteorology section is predicting that Chiriqui will have generally low levels of precipitation (low,normal,high) but within normal ranges in March of 2020. You can read their report and check out the details in the "documents" section at this link.
Usually March is another low rain month continuing with our dry season with some increased precipitation as compared to February. It can also be quite windy in March. I am expecting the same this month.
Keep your eyes peeled for some spectacular rainbows this time of year. Here is a link to one we saw from our east facing bedroom window on the second floor of our house the other afternoon. Wow! Made us smile and forget about umbrellas.
Lloyd Cripe