QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), forecasts the transition to dry season to begin this week in the provinces of the Central Valley: Cartago, San José, Heredia, and Alajuela.
In the North Pacific: Nicoya, Santa Cruz, Nandayure, Hojancha, and Carrillo; as well as in the Central Pacific cantons of Garabito, Parrita, Puntarenas, Orotina and San Mateo de Alajuela., the transition to the dry season will begin next week.
“We are analyzing the transition to the dry season and this is because we will have a gradual increase, particularly at the end of the week of the 18th to the 23rd. We expect that in the week of the 24th to the 30th there will be an increase in the trade winds and the positioning of the intertropical convergence zone a little further south,” explained Daniel Poleo, from IMN.
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According to the forecast, the trade winds are expected to increase during this week. While for the Caribbean and the Northern Zone, which corresponds to Upala, Guatuso, Los Chiles, Ciudad Quesada, San Ramón and Sarapiquí, some rain is expected.
The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) – National Emergency Commission, changed the alerts on the Pacific coast due to the decrease in rainfall, from ‘red’ to ‘orange’. The alert for the Central Valley, Northern Zone and Caribbean North was changed from ‘orange’ to ‘yellow’. The Caribbean South is now on ‘green’ from ‘yellow’ alert.
What can we expect for the next few weeks? The typical weather for the transition period is strong winds and cooler temperatures. This means you can pack away the rain boots and umbrella, and have a sweater or jacket on hand, especially in the higher elevations.
The official weather forecast for Tuesday, November 19, 2024:
Tuesday with few to partly cloudy skies in the morning, slightly warmer temperatures on the Pacific side and westerly winds from early morning towards the center of the country. Although regional instability is low, there is likely to be very localized showers and downpours in the morning over the Osa Peninsula and in the afternoon in the mountains of the South and Central Pacific, to the east and south of the Central Valley. Rains over the mountains of the Caribbean and the Northern Zone in the afternoon
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