They predict a warmer and drier August than usual for Cuba

The high temperatures in Cuba have been in the news in recent days and will go further, according to a bulletin of the Institute of Meteorology ( Insmet ) of the 39, the island published this Wednesday which provides a particularly warm month August "with high minimum temperatures" and "low rainfall".

The note notes that "August is the second month of the intra-festival period and, therefore, one of the two months that" less rainfall contributes to the rainy period in Cuba ". During this month, the influence of the Atlantic anticyclone on Cuba is maintained, which means that rainfall is relatively scarce.

However, one must keep in mind that the occasional occurrence of showers and thunderstorms is also expected. mainly during the afternoon and early evening, which are generally badociated with the pbadage of waves, tropical lowlands and daytime heating.

Here is how it unfolded this month of July, where they were particularly unique showers with electric shocks that in just over a week flooded some areas from Havana, including Plaza de la Catedral.

August, will also be a month where he should start to increase the hurricane activity on the island, which invites to strengthen the warning on the formation of possible weather phenomena in the Atlantic .

Take into account that Hurricane Irma crossed Cuba in the first half of September 2017 just one week after the end of August.

However, in 2018, of the models consulted by the Climate Center, the Insmet prediction team predicts that in August the precipitation totals will be below average for all parts of the country, heat is guaranteed.