QCOSTARICA — It’s been a great few last couple of days rainwise here in the Central Valley, with lots of sunshine and only a few drops here and there. Until Sunday night that is, when the skies opened up and dumped on us, in particular on the western side of the valley.
According to the national weather center, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), the Central Valley and the entire country returned to more intense rainy conditions on Monday.
A humidity content in the atmosphere will generate this change in weather conditions, mainly in the Central Valley and the Pacific slope.
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The IMN predicts that, as the week progresses, precipitation will also increase, due to meteorological phenomena such as the position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and a tropical wave.
The rains are expected to be short, but strong.
The official Weather forecast for Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The instability of Tropical Wave #24 will be present in maritime areas of the Caribbean and coastal parts of the South Pacific from early Tuesday morning. In the afternoon, the Convergence Zone over the country will reinforce the precipitations with the presence of showers accompanied by thunderstorms, these in the Pacific slope, Central Valley, and western sectors of the Caribbean and the Northern Zone. The rains can be of strong intensity in a localized manner.
You know what to do if going out, have an umbrella handy and waterproof shoes. If driving, slow down, leave more braking distance with vehicles ahead of you, and don’t trust those pot holes.
This is a good time to check your windshield wipers and replace them if necessary, in preparation of the worst months of the rainy season, September and October.
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