{"id":1287,"date":"2024-01-05T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:25:35","slug":"sargassum-outlook-jan-1-2024-apr-1-2024-mild-to-moderate-5jan2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/2024\/01\/05\/sargassum-outlook-jan-1-2024-apr-1-2024-mild-to-moderate-5jan2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sargassum outlook Jan 1, 2024 &#8211; Apr 1, 2024: &#8220;mild to moderate &#8221; 5Jan2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1289\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.11.27-PM-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.11.27-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.11.27-PM.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/lit-links\/coral-bleaching\/\">Coral Bleaching<\/a> page,<br \/>\nre: high water temperatures\/<br \/>\ncoral bleaching summer-fall 2023<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Extracts from the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/sargassum-outlook.web.app\/\">Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start h6 d5 pb-3\"><strong>&#8220;Synopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Sargassum abundance in the Central Atlantic is increasing and approaching the Caribbean region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start h6 d5 pb-3\"><strong>&#8220;General outlook:<\/strong>\u00a0Interests in the Eastern Caribbean should expect mild influxes during January and February and a resurgence to moderate levels during March.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.10.05-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1288\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.10.05-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.10.05-PM.png 269w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-05-at-12.10.05-PM-149x300.png 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;<strong>Northern islands<\/strong>: Influxes remain mild, peaking at the end of January. Expect above average influxes from late February throughout March.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Middle islands<\/strong>: Influxes remain within the expected threshold and generally less than for this period last year. However, expect increased influxes from late March.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern islands<\/strong>: Influxes remain mild throughout the forecast period, though January and early February is expectd to be slightly higher than for the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>For background info, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/research-projects\/sargassum\/home-en.aspx\">CERMES Sargassum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See also Coral Bleaching page, re: high water temperatures\/ coral bleaching summer-fall 2023 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Extracts from the latest Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin: &#8220;Synopsis:\u00a0Sargassum abundance in the Central Atlantic is increasing and approaching the Caribbean region.&#8221; &#8220;General outlook:\u00a0Interests in the Eastern &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/2024\/01\/05\/sargassum-outlook-jan-1-2024-apr-1-2024-mild-to-moderate-5jan2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sargassum-weed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}