by Rod Hughes

Don’t put away that umbrella yet. The National Meteorological Institute predicts rains for the Caribbean and Northern Zone during December and January due to the advance of one cold front each month interacting with a buildup of clouds.

It will not be exactly a continuation of the rainy season but it does mean more rain than usually falls during these two dry season months and that you will not be storing your umbrella in the closet soon. Even the Central Valley will be affected somewhat, suffering colder temperatures than usual.

Walter Stolz, chief of the analysis and prediction section at the institute, says that the Central Valley and the Pacific can also expect isolated shower during the dry season, which does not always happen there. But the Caribbean and the Northern Zone should be prepared for flooding, he cautioned.