[LTER-luq] Puerto Rico Drought

[Catherine M Pringle]

Dear Luquies:
    Attached are two figures that Ferdinand Quinones sent around which put the current 2014 drought into historical context:
    -First attachment illustrates the cumulative monthly average rainfall in PR between 1900-2015, with the current drought illustrated by the white dotted line;
    -Second attachment shows annual average rainfall from 1900 - 2014; with most severe droughts (less than 60 inches a year) indicated by red lines.
    UGA PhD student, Jessica Chappel spent the summer doing an internship with DRNA and reports that in mid-June PRASA applied to DRNA for permission to remove more water from the Blanco River on the south side of El Yunque, but they were denied the permit as it would not allow the Blano intake to comply with the minimum flow regulations.  I haven't seen any updates on the cloud-seeding project that Jessica indicated that the island decided to fund...?
Best, CP


Dr. Catherine M. Pringle
Distinguished Research Professor
Odum School of Ecology
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA. 30602-2602

http://pringle-lab.org/<http://pringle-lab.org>

cpringle at uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-1120
Fax #: (706) 542-3344


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From: luq <luq-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> on behalf of Jess Zimmerman <jesskz at ites.upr.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 8:18 AM
To: LUQ-LTER
Subject: [LTER-luq] Danny downgraded to a tropical depression

Tropical storm Danny was downgraded to a tropical depression overnight and will be passing to the south as it dissipates.  The Weather Service is predicting a cm or so of rain tomorrow, so this may not even impact the drought that much.  We will keep you posted.

jess


Jess K. Zimmerman
Professor
Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program
Department Environmental Sciences
University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

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