| August 3, 2021 | No.148 |
July 2021
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We had 10.77 inches of rain at the Palmira Arriba Station in July of 2021. This is near average rainfall for the month of July over the years we have been measuring. The reports from around the District of Boquete for July vary but are generally similar.
Rainfall for July 2021 |
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Area |
Contributors |
July 2021 |
Total 2021 |
| El Salto Arriba | Ryokan Neko | 9.69 | n/a |
El Santuario |
Robert Boyd |
6.76 | 50.14 |
| El Santuario | Rodrigo Marciacq | 11.34 | 51.61 |
| Barriade Las Flores | Bill Brick | 11.38 | 51.30 |
Jaramillo Arriba |
Steve Sarner |
16.71 | 80.08 |
| Jaramillo Arriba | Mark Heyer | 13.79 | 62.89 |
| Jaramillo Central | Dave Nichols | 15.86 | 63.76 |
Jaramillo Abajo |
Don Berkowitz |
14.91 | 69.84 |
Jaramillo Abajo |
Bobi McGann |
14.99 | 70.26 |
| Palo Alto | Nancy Pettersen | 14.90 | 78.84 |
| Valle Escondido | Doug Remsen | 8.83 | 37.85 |
Brisas Boquetenas |
Austin Perry |
10.30 | n/a |
| Brisas Boquetenas | Richard Sturtz | n/a | n/a |
Los Molinos |
Sela Burkholder |
12.89 | 70.83 |
| El Encanto (Volcancito) | Brian Baldwin | 11.64 | n/a |
Cerro Verde (Volcancito) |
Charlotte Lintz |
6.56 | n/a |
Santa Lucia |
Paula Litt |
14.72 | 49.54 |
| Caldera | Chris Mccall | 11.60 | 62.46 |
Lucero |
Michael Mullin |
17.78 | 92.23 |
Boquete Country Club |
Paul Arrandale |
13.95 | 63.18 |
Palmira Abajo |
Betty Gray |
9.82 | 54.62 |
Palmira Arriba |
Lloyd Cripe |
10.77 | 48.77 |
| El Banco | Laura Daniels | 15.25 | n/a |
The highest rainfall for July 2021 in the District of Boquete was reported again by Michael Mullin at Lucero with 17.78 inches. The lowest rainfalls for the month were reported by Charlotte Lintz with 6.56 inches at Cerro Verde (Volcancito) and Robert Boyd with 6.76 inches at El Santuario.
You can look for yourself at a graph of rain data for all the months over the course of the years I have published our rain data and see how this last month compares. You can also look at the tables in the Climate Section to see what rains we have had in various months over the course of 15 years as well as other weather variables.
The latest ENSO Cycle Report is saying that "ENSO-neutral conditions are present. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are near-to-below average across most of the Pacific Ocean. ENSO-neutral is favored through the Northern Hemisphere summer and into the fall (51% chance for the August-October season), with La Niña potentially emerging during the September-November season and lasting through the 2021-22 winter (66% chance during November-January)."
Here is a link to a source for understanding El Niño. If you need some help with this, give this a read and you will learn a lot about this important weather phenomenon.
The IRI (International Research Institute for Climate and Society) (select South America from the Region menu) is predicting that Panama will have a 40% probability of below normal levels of precipitation for the months of August-September-October 2021 (yellow/orange areas).
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ETESA's hydrology and meteorology section is predicting that Chiriqui will generally have normal levels of precipitation during August of 2021. You can read their report and check out the details in the "documents" section at this link.
The mix of rain and sunny days has been interesting. Some trees are producing seed pods and the fruit trees are developing their fruits. Our orange trees (about 30) have ripening oranges. The Hass avocado trees are both blooming and developing the existing fruits. The coffee cherries are green and evolving into larger sizes. The parrots are visiting the finca. The Brown-throated Parakeet is our most common visitor. They come in flocks and land on the trees with seed pods and go to work peeling and enjoying the seeds inside. We had a surprise last week when the White-crowned Parrot showed up. We have rarely seen them here before, but they are now visiting. They have a distinct high-pitched call. Here are some photos I grabbed over the last week:
Brown-throated Parakeet at Finca Armonia
White-crowned Parrot at Finca Armonia
The coronavirus is firing up again, especially the Delta variation. At the moment the worldometer reports 200,009,853 cases of COVID worldwide with 4,255,442 deaths and 180,368,894 recovered cases. The USA has 35,907,934 total cases with 629,959 total deaths and 29,722,229 recovered cases. The Panama case data reports are limited. Although some have pointed me toward possible resources of Panama data, I don't think that we really know the number of cases and deaths in country and in the various Provinces.
In the U.S. cases of covid are on the increase and mostly related to the Delta variety. The new cases are mainly among persons who have not been vaccinated (98+%). There are very few breakthrough cases among persons who have been fully vaccinated (0.001%) and almost no hospitalizations and deaths. If you want to checkout the facts, read this article. To me the bottom line is clear: There is too much jabber about the so-called jab. This is not a complicated matter. It is not rocket science, but it is medical science. If you care about yourself and others, stop the contrary jibber-jabber and get vaccinated!
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Until next time, enjoy the birds, rain and sun. When needed use an umbrella for protection from droppings, drops and rays. Get vaccinated, smile and stay well.
Lloyd Cripe