GUYANA   /     SURINAME  /  FRENCH GUYANA

INTRODUCTION
The regions denominated as GUIANAS is compossed by the countries: Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana. They lare a flat region lying at the northeastern corner of South America. The influence of ENSO in the region has not been studied in much detail, but from  what we know of northeast Brasil, Venezuela and Colombia reduction in Precipitation during an ENSO event is also expected.
 

CLIMATE INFORMATION
 

Current Climate		Climatology
Local * Precipitation Monthly mean - Total Precipitation - Anomaly   Time series for diff locations (click on map) - past 30 days - past 90 days - past 365 days * Temperature Monthly Mean Anomaly	Remote * weekly-ENSO-update-CPC * Sea Surface Temperatures current SST indices SST animation -Tropical Pacific   * Southern Oscillation SO index in the tropical Pacific SO index	* Whole region: Annual Precipitation Fractional Precipitation of seasons Atmospheric circulation Temperatures per season * Climatic  regions:   Regional summary French Guyana Suriname and northern Guyana Southern Guyana

SEASONAL FORECAST

IRI Southamerica forecast
The IRI has produced seasonal climate forecast for South America for the following 3-month sections:

Aug-Sep-  Oct  2001 PrecipTempDiscussion
Sep -Oct-  Nov 2001 PrecipTempDiscussion
Oct - Nov-Dec  2001 PrecipTempDiscussion

IRI Global forecast
 
 

ENSO

ENSO relations
 

	El Niño	La Niña
Regions	DJF   MAM   JJA   SON	DJF   MAM   JJA   SON
whole region	-precipitation

ENSO composits

ENSO Forecasts
* current ENSO forecast
 

UNFINISHED

IMPACTS

 Past ENSO impacts
 
 

Links to Guianas information:
 

• OCHA relief information for Guyana, Surinam, French Guyana
• Water resources
• GUYANA: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
• Fisheries