Mexico & C. Amer. & Carib

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Water deficits forecast for Haiti

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Water deficits forecast for Haiti

The forecast through August 2019 indicates that Mexico will transition to nearly normal water conditions in the north with some deficits in Baja and persistent surpluses in northern Coahuila. A small pocket of severe deficit is forecast for northern Puebla State. Moderate deficits are expected in pockets of northern Central America, and surpluses in pockets of the south. Exceptional deficits are forecast for Haiti.

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Extreme water deficits expected along Mexico's Pacific Coast

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Extreme water deficits expected along Mexico's Pacific Coast

The forecast through July indicates that intense water deficits observed in Mexico will downgrade considerably. Severe to extreme deficits are, however, expected in Baja and along the Pacific Coast from Sinaloa through Guerrero. Severe deficits are forecast for Tabasco and moderate deficits elsewhere around the Gulf of Mexico. Moderate deficits are also expected in Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti, and western Cuba.

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Moderate water deficits forecast for S. Mexico

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Moderate water deficits forecast for S. Mexico

The forecast through June indicates water deficits in Baja, Mexico, coastal Sonora, southern Chihuahua, the Pacific Coast from southern Sinaloa through Chiapas, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Areas of surplus include Coahuila, the southern border of Chihuahua and Sonora, and pockets in the center of the country. Some moderate deficits are expected Central America, Haiti, and Dominican Republic.

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Intense water deficits forecast in Panama

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Intense water deficits forecast in Panama

The forecast through May indicates a patchwork of water anomalies. In Mexico, moderate to extreme deficits are forecast in Nayarit, Guerrero, Chiapas, and Yucatan. Conditions of both deficit and surplus are forecast from southern Durango southeast through Morelos. Regions forecast with surpluses include northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, southern Tamaulipas, eastern San Luis Potosí, Distrito Federal, and northern Oaxaca into central Veracruz. Exceptional deficits are expected in western Panama, and moderate deficits in Dominican Republic.

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Water deficits forecast for Yucatan

Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean: Water deficits forecast for Yucatan

The forecast through April indicates that water surpluses in northern Coahuila, Mexico will remain intense. Surpluses will also persist from Zacatecas through Mexico City into northern Oaxaca, broken by a pocket of exceptional deficits in southern Puebla. Other areas of deficit include the northern Yucatan Peninsula, southern Chihuahua, northern Durango, and scattered small pockets in the south. Intense deficits are forecast for western Panama and moderate deficits will emerge in eastern Jamaica.