Heavy rain is expected from tomorrow to Wednesday, according to the National Weather Watch Centre.
With the city and coastal areas reeling from Friday’s torrential downpours which caused severe flooding in several areas, heavy rain could cause more flooding as high tides will also occur from Monday.
There had been no forewarning on Friday about the heavy rain. The hydromet office has been often criticised over the lack of warnings.
An excerpt from the weather watch centre follows:
Coastal and inland Guyana is likely to experience periodic heavy downpours tomorrow during the early morning. Based on the current forecast outlook, flooding/ water accumulation are likely to be observed in poor drainage, low laying and riverine areas. The forecast models continue to show high moisture content in the atmosphere of which lies within favorable atmospheric environment for development of moderate to deep convective clouds.
The forecasts favors generally overcast conditions with moderate to heavy rain for the morning into early afternoon, after which, a slow but gradual reduction in showers will be observed. At present, the areas likely to be affected more are Regions 3 to 5 and to a lesser but still some concerns, Region 2 and Northern Region 6. Rainfall amount in these areas (Regions 3 to 5) are more likely to exceed 100 mm. The remainder of Guyana will see values between 50.0 mm to 80.0 mm.
Extended Outlook: These weather patterns and conditions will continue over the next few days (Monday thru Wednesday) with the occasional heavy downpours, where another peak in rainfall is anticipated for Wednesday over areas in Regions 7 to 10 and some coastal areas in Regions 2, 4 and 5.
