In the age of climate change, a hot summer day can quickly turn into a heavy rain that causes flooding in just a few minutes, so it is increasingly common for people to try to be forewarned in the face of temperature fluctuations.
Below is the weather report expected in the next few hours for Barranquilla:
The weather for this Thursday in Barranquilla will reach 33 degrees, while the minimum temperature It will be 25 degrees. The forecast for ultraviolet ray levels is 11.
As for the rain the probability of precipitation for said city it will be 48%, with a cloudiness of 52%, during the day; and 14%, with a cloudiness of 99%, throughout the night.
Meanwhile, the gusts of wind will reach 41 kilometers per hour during the day and 32 kilometers per hour at night.
Being located in the north of the country, very close to the Caribbean Sea, the Colombian city of Barranquilla is characterized by being dry tropical.
The average temperature in Barranquilla it ranges from 26 to 28 degrees Celsius, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
During the day, the maximum temperature reaches 30 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature It drops at night no more than 25 degrees Celsius.
Although in this coastal city the rains are few, there are two rainy seasons In the calendar, the most important goes from August to November, with September and October being the months that rain the most.
The other rainy season is at the beginning of the year, it starts from May to June and they are light.
By contrast, the dry season it occurs from December to April, being from January to March the driest days in Barranquilla.
The weather in Colombia is very varied.he climate is affected due to its geographical complexity as are the coasts of the Caribbean Sea to the North, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it through the center from north to south.
According to IDEAM there are at least four types of weather in the country: tropical, dry, temperate and cold high mountain.
In the case of tropical climatesfour subtypes are identified: rainy jungle or equatorial, rainy forest or monsoonal, savannah with dry winter and savannah with dry summer.
He tropical rain forest or equatorial It covers areas such as the center and north of the Amazon, the entire Pacific Region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo area and the Amazon foothills. Meanwhile he tropical rainy forest or monsoonal it reaches the foothills of the plains and the extreme south of the Caribbean region.
The savannah with dry winter includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoquia region, as well as the lower sectors in Santander and Antioquia. Refering to savannah with dry summer. It adds the inter-Andean valleys in Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.
For him Dry weatherin Colombia the very hot arid or desert and very hot semi-arid or steppe. The first is perceived in the upper part of Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.
He mild weather it is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; Meanwhile he high mountain coldas its name says, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.
