Week 47

Dramatic reversal during week 47 with total rainfall registering a five-fold increase to 196 mm (7.7 in) with 100 mm (4 in.) in just one day. Such is life in the tropics. Weather conditions have made a turn for the worse and now the ghost of NDF’s past is rearing its ugly head as the low temperatures and very high precipitation reach our region. The San Carlos and Pital areas are now reporting a first event of NDF of the year having ocurred during the last weekend. We also are worried that these conditions could have caused a similar event in the Caribbean region. We plan to start sampling plants within the next three weeks in order to check the presence of naturally differentiated plants.