Dec 3, 2022

No.164

November 2022
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We had 12.05 inches of rain at the Palmira Arriba Station in November of 2022. 

Rainfall for November 2022
Area	Contributors	November 2022	Total 2022
El Salto Arriba	Beth Corwin	7.85	140.23
El Santuario	Robert Boyd	12.02	128.21
El Santuario	Rodrigo Marciacq	12.33	131.63
Los Cabezos	Don Hughes	11.93	160.02
Jaramillo Arriba	Steve Sarner	14.36	233.63
Jaramillo Arriba	Mark Heyer	10.5	181.11
Jaramillo Central	Dave Nichols	13.15	na
Jaramillo Abajo	Don Berkowitz	18.35	n/a
Jaramillo Abajo	John McGann	14.47	214.77
Palo Alto	Nancy Pettersen	13.45	146.14
Valle Escondido	Gisela Remsen	10.94	126.64
Brisas  Boquetenas	Austin Perry	n/a	n/a
Brisas  Boquetenas	Dennis DeCorte	22.06	n/a
Brisas Boquetenas	Richard Sturz	24.47	284.00
Los Molinos	Sela Burkholder	20.98	255.83
El Encanto (Volcancito)	Brian Baldwin	9.38	152.20
Cerro Verde (Volcancito)	Charlotte Lintz	8.59	n/a
Santa Lucia	Paula Litt	10.30	174.55
Caldera	Chris Mccall	19.53	251.30
Lucero	Mike Joy	23.36	n/a
Boquete Country Club	Paul Arrandale	13.92	183.77
Palmira Abajo	Andrea Boraine	14.70	186.09
Palmira Arriba	Lloyd Cripe	12.05	178.05
El Banco	Laura Daniels	?	n/a

Some of the data above is missing for November as I have not yet received it.  Once received it will be  posted.

At the Palmira Arriba Station we recorded 12.05 inches of rain for November. This amount is essentially normal.  The average for the month of November over 16 years of data collecting is 11.65 inches with a standard deviation of 8.69 inches.  The range has been between 1.50 to 31.50 inches.  It is obvious that we had a normal month of rainfall at our station.

Palmira Arriba Station November Rainfall over 16 Years

In the District of Boquete the rain for November 2022 has ranged from a low of 7.85 inches El Salto Arriba as reported by Beth Corwin to a high of 24.47 inches in Brisas Boquetenas reported by Richard Sturz. An inspection of the Rainfall table for November indicates a lot of variability in the District of Boquete.

Take a look at this table to compare the amount of rain per month over the course of 16 years at the Palmira Arriba Station.  You can check each month for yourself and see how the current month falls compared to other years. You can also look at the tables in the Climate Section to see what rains we had in various months over the course of the last 16 years as well as other weather variables.

At the end of December we will of course have the total rainfall for the year 2022 in the District of Boquete.  At present there are several contenders for the highest rainfall for the year (Brisas, Los Molinos, Jaramillo Arriba and Caldera). Who do you think will get the prize?  Who will get the prize for the lowest rainfall?

The latest ENSO Cycle Report is saying that "La Niña is present. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are below average across most of the Pacific Ocean. The tropical Pacific atmosphere is consistent with La Niña. There is a 76% chance of La Niña during the Northern Hemisphere winter (December-February) 2022-23, with a transition to ENSO-neutral favored in February-April 2023 (57% chance)."

Here is a link to a source for a better understanding of El Niño.  If you need some help with this, give this a read and you will learn a lot about this important weather phenomenon. It has more effect upon the Northern Latitudes than it has upon us.

The IRI (International Research Institute for Climate and Society) (select South America from the Region menu) is predicting that Panama will have a 50%-70% probability of above Normal levels of precipitation for the months of December-January-February 2023 (blue and green).

ETESA's hydrology and meteorology section is predicting that Chiriqui will have an increase in winds and tapering of rain during December as we start our move into the dry season. They are basically predicting normal levels of precipitation for most of Panama.  You can read their report and check out the details in the "documents" section at this link.

The first few days of December have been in keeping with the gradual transition into the dry season with less rain and more breezes from the Northeast. Lots of rainbows. Here is one that showed up Friday to our east.

 

The coffee harvest season is in full force here on our finca and around various parts of the District. Production looks good this year. Now the challenge of getting it dried. 

It won't be long before we start complaining about not enough rain! However, we still have some rain to face this month and into January so be patient and keep the umbrellas handy.

Take care during the holidays and have lots of fun.  I always worry about Santa visiting this part of the world as there is no snow on the roof tops and few chimneys to enter homes and leave presents.  I wonder how he does it?  Maybe he just uses Amazon.  It isn't easy being Santa in Paradise!

Lloyd Cripe

lcripe@boqueteweather.com