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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 22 was held on March 10, 2022

 

CARIBE WAVE 22 Scenarios by Member State/Territory   *scenarios decided by Caribe Wave organizers per Exercise Handbook

Western Muertos Trough Northern Panama
Antigua and Barbuda Belize
Aruba Costa Rica
Bahamas Guatemala
Barbados Guyana
Brazil Honduras
Colombia Jamaica
Cuba Mexico
Curacao Nicaragua
Dominica Panama
Dominican Republic Santa Lucia
France (Guadeloupe, French Guyane, Martinique, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada UK - Cayman Islands
Haiti  
NL- (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba)  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
Sint Maarten  
Suriname  
Trinidad and Tobago  
UK - (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos)  
US - (Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands)  
Venezuela  

 

Final Documents

  • Media Report - PDF
  • Supplement Report - PDF
  • Summary Report - PDF

Exercise Documents

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

Supporting Documents

  • Western Muertos Trough scenario - KMZ
  • Northern Panama scenario - KMZ
  • PTWC Enhanced Products User's Guide - PDF
  • PTWC Communication Plan - PDF
  • Manual and Guides 86 on Multi-annual Community Tsunami Exercise Programme - PDF
  • CATAC Products - PDF
  • CW22 Task Team - PDF

Webinars

  • Webinar 1
    • English (January 18, 2022) - video | PDF
    • Español (19 de enero de 2022) - video | PDF
    • Français (20 janvier 2022) - video | PDF
  • Webinar 2 
    • English (February 15, 2022) - video | PDF
    • Español (16 de febrero de 2022) - video | PDF
    • Français (17 février 2022) - video | PDF
  • Hot-Wash 
CARIBE WAVE VIDEOS
EN - UNESCO/IOC Caribe Wave Exercise https://vimeo.com/684809796
SP - Ejercicio Caribe Wave UNESCO/COI https://vimeo.com/684839860
FR - UNESCO/COI Exercise Caribe Wave https://vimeo.com/684841540

Additional Resources

 

 

 

 

For questions please contact:

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

elizabeth.vanacore@upr.edu - CARIBE WAVE Chair