{"id":323967,"date":"2020-06-01T06:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323967"},"modified":"2020-06-01T06:07:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:07:31","slug":"drought-conditions-continue-across-the-cnmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/drought-conditions-continue-across-the-cnmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought conditions continue across the CNMI"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been some improvement to the drought situation across Yap, the northern islands of Chuuk and the northern part of the Marshalls but it appears the CNMI still has a few more days of drought conditions ahead of it.<\/p>\n

According to a National Weather Service forecast that was released Friday by the Emergency Operations Center-State Warning Point in the CNMI, drought conditions could still worsen across the CNMI the next couple weeks as less-than-adequate rainfall is expected.<\/p>\n

However, it added that officials report water levels are still above thresholds for concern.<\/p>\n

It said that the CNMI has been anchored in a very dry trade-wind pattern for several months now. As assessed by the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands-U.S. Drought Monitor team, Saipan\u2019s Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport has had the driest May, April-May, March-May, February-May and January-May on record.<\/p>\n

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Numerical models indicate only a half inch to an inch of rain is expected on Rota, Tinian and Saipan over the next 10 days. Other than spotty, light showers, a couple weak disturbances will be the main source for showers.<\/p>\n

A weak disturbance this last weekend of May, and another toward the end of next week could bring much-needed showers to the Marianas. Models still place more rainfall to the south over Guam, but with 10-day totals only around an inch. Depending on the evolution of these weak disturbances and any upper-level support, some areas could see locally higher amounts of rainfall.<\/p>\n

In Guam, weak disturbances have provided showers for the island recently, with above normal rainfall occurring during the month of May 2020.<\/p>\n

On other parts of the Pacific, a wet trade-wind pattern continues to provide steady showers to islands between 4N and 8N across the region. Showers are gradually returning to islands near 10N with the northward shift in low-level convergence and the seasonal return of the tropical upper-tropospheric trough. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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