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2017
Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017

Don is the fourth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 July at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Don moved quickly westward within the strong trade-wide flow, reaching the southern Windward Islands on 19 July at 00:00 UTC as a tropical storm.

Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Don - Wind and Storm Surge - July 20, 2017

Don is the fourth named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm on 17 July at 21:00 UTC, east of the Windward Islands. Don moved quickly westward within the strong trade-wide flow, reaching the southern Windward Islands on 19 July at 00:00UTC as a tropical storm. In the hours following, the storm degenerated in an open wave,moving over the far south-eastern Caribbean Sea.

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad & Tobago - June 20 - 21, 2017 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad & Tobago - June 20 - 21, 2017

Tropical Cyclone Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC. Bret affected one CCRIF member country, Trinidad and Tobago, which has two excess rainfall policies: one for Trinidad and one for Tobago. This briefing describes the impact of Bret on the island of Trinidad.

Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Bret Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - June 20-21, 2017 Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Bret Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - June 20-21, 2017

Tropical Cyclone Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC.

Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Bret - June 22, 2017 Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone Bret - June 22, 2017

Bret is the second named storm of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm on 19 June 2017 at 21UTC southwest of Trinidad and Tobago. Heavy rain was experienced over this country between 19 June at 21UTC and 20 June at 09UTC. It was associated with tropical-storm-force winds (greater than 39 mph or 62 km/h) and strong gusty winds particularly between 00UTC and 09UTC on 20 June

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 15-19, 2017 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 15-19, 2017
In mid-May 2017, the Meteorological Service of Jamaica indicated that a trough west of Jamaica would be influencing weather conditions across the island. Satellite imagery and
Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 16-18, 2017 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - May 16-18, 2017

In mid-May 2017, Haiti’s National Meteorological Centre (Centre National de Météorologie-CNM) indicated that weather conditions in the Caribbean were under the influence of humid air resulting in stormy rains that occurred from 16 to 18 May. The Centre estimated that rainfall affected the entire Haitian territory, particularly the South, South-East, Grand Anse, Artibonite, Central, Northwest and West regions (www.haitilibre.com).

2016
Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone OTTO - November 26, 2016 Preliminary Event Briefing - Tropical Cyclone OTTO - November 26, 2016

Otto is the 16th named storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was formed as a Tropical Storm over the southwestern Caribbean Sea near the coast of Panama on 21 November 2016 as an extremely late event in the calendar year. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s best track database, only 18 storms with at least tropical storm strength formed in late November within the last 65 years in the western Caribbean Sea, and only 9 of them reached Hurricane strength.

Event Briefing - TC Matthew Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Barbados - September 28-29, 2016 Event Briefing - TC Matthew Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Barbados - September 28-29, 2016

This report describes the results of the Caribbean Rainfall Model on CCRIF member country Barbados. Other reports will be issued regarding other CCRIF member countries that have Excess Rainfall policies.

Event Briefing - TC Matthew Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Grenada - September 29-30, 2016 Event Briefing - TC Matthew Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Grenada - September 29-30, 2016

This report describes the results of the Caribbean Rainfall Model on CCRIF member country Grenada. Other reports are being issued regarding other CCRIF member countries that have Excess Rainfall policies