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Active Weather for the West, Warming in the East

The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >

The Tsunami Exercise CARIBE WAVE 21 was on March 11, 2021

 

CARIBE WAVE 21 Scenarios by Member State/Territory   *scenarios decided by Caribe Wave organizers per Exercise Handbook

Jamaica Northern Lesser Antilles
Belize Antigua and Barbuda
Colombia Aruba
Costa Rica Bahamas*
Cuba Barbados
Guatemala Brazil
Haiti Dominica
Jamaica Dominican Republic
Mexico

France

Guadeloupe     Martinique     Saint Barthelemy

Saint Martin     French Guyane*

Nicaragua Grenada

Panama

Guyana

United Kingdom

Cayman Islands

Honduras

 

Netherlands

Bonaire     Curacao     Saba    

Sint Eustatius     Sint Maarten*

  St. Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Lucia*
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*
  Suriname*
  Trinidad and Tobago
 

United Kingdom

Anguilla*     Bermuda     British Virgin Islands

Montserrat*     Turks and Caicos*

 

United States

Puerto Rico     US Virgin Islands

  Venezuela

Final Documents

  • Evaluation Report - PDF
  • Media report - PDF
  • Final presentation - PDF
  • Supplement - PDF

Exercise Documents

  • Participant Handbook - PDF
  • IOC Circular Letter - PDF
  • Post-exercise Questionnaire - PDF

Supporting Documents

  • Jamaica scenario - KMZ
  • Northern Lesser Antilles scenario - KMZ
  • PTWC Enhanced Products User's Guide - PDF
  • Experts Meeting on Sources of Tsunamis in the Lesser Antilles - PDF
  • Multi-Annual Community Tsunami Exercise Programme - PDF
  • Caribe Wave 21 Press Release by EAS Puerto Rico - PDF
  • Presentation for Emergency Managers by PRSN- PDF

Webinars

  • Webinar 1 
    • English (January 26, 2021) - video | PDF
    • Español (27 de enero de 2021) - video | PDF
    • Français (28 janvier 2021) - video | PDF
  • Webinar 2 
    • English (February 23, 2021) - video | PDF
    • Español (24 de febrero de 2021) - video | PDF
    • Français (25 février 2021) - video | PDF
  • Caribe Wave 21 Hot-Wash - PDF

Additional Resources

 

 

 

For questions please contact:

christa.vonh@noaa.gov - Deputy Director ITIC-CAR

elizabeth.vanacore@upr.edu - Caribe Wave Chair