By Sue-Ann Wayow
THE rainy season has officially begun.
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) made the announcement on Monday.
It stated, “The official start to the wet season is marked by measurable rainfall produced by a Tropical Wave and/or the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), both of which are the main weather-producing features of Trinidad and Tobago’s wet season.
“The TTMS has been monitoring a Tropical Wave that moved across T&T on Sunday 15 May, 2022 into Monday 16 May, 2022 and produced measurable rainfall over several areas, thus signaling the official start of the 2022 Wet Season for Trinidad and Tobago.”
Although the Tropical Wave was the fourth wave that the TTMS has been tracking that moved off the west coast of Africa and traversed the Tropical Atlantic, it is the first one to affect Trinidad and Tobago, the TTMS stated.
As of 8 am on Monday, the month of May has yielded rainfall totals of 28.5 mm which amounts to 23% of the average total rainfall of 124mm for May.
The remainder of the month is likely to continue with below-average rainfall across most areas, the TTMS stated.
The TTMS also stated that the public, relevant agencies and ministries are advised to adopt measures to mitigate the potential impacts of the wet season.
