Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

In the age of climate change, a hot summer day can quickly turn into heavy rain that causes flooding in just minutes. It is therefore increasingly common for people to try to be warned about temperature fluctuations.

Below the weather report expected in the next few hours for Barranquilla:

This Friday’s weather in Barranquilla will reach 32 degrees, while the minimum temperature it will be 24 degrees. The forecast for UV levels is 10.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for the said city it will be 1%, with a cloudiness of 32%, during the day; and 2%, with 27% cloudiness, throughout the night.

During this time, wind gusts will reach 43 kilometers per hour during the day and 46 kilometers per hour at night.

Being in the north of the country, very close to the Caribbean Sea, Barranquilla is characterized by being tropical dry.

There mean 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 reached 30 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature it drops at dawn no more than 25 degrees Celsius.

Although in this coastal city the rains are rare, there are two rainy seasons In the calendar, the most important goes from August to November, September and October being the rainiest months.

The other rainy season is at the beginning of the year, it starts from May to June and they are light.

However, the dry season it occurs from December to April, with the first three months of the year being Barranquilla’s driest days.

    The Colombian city of Barranquilla is characterized by being tropically dry.  (Barranquilla Town Hall/File)
The Colombian city of Barranquilla is characterized by being tropically dry. (Barranquilla Town Hall/File)

The weather in Colombia is very variedhe the climate is altered due to its geographical complexity just like the coasts of the Caribbean Sea in the north, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it from the center from north to south.

According to IDEAM there are at least four types of weather in the country: tropical high mountain, dry, temperate and cold.

In the case of tropical climatesfour subtypes are identified: rainy or equatorial jungle, rainy or monsoon forest, dry winter savannah and dry summer savannah.

He tropical rainforest or equatorial It covers areas such as the central and northern Amazon, the entire Pacific region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo region and the foothills of the Amazon. During this time he rainforest or monsoon it reaches the foothills of the plains and the extreme south of the Caribbean region.

There savannah with dry winter includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoco region, as well as the lower sectors of Santander and Antioquia. In reference to savannah with dry summer. It adds the inter-Andean valleys of Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.

For him dry climatein Colombia on very hot arid or desert and very hot semi-arid or steppe. The first is perceived in the upper part of the Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.

He mild climate it is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; During this time he high mountain coldas the name suggests, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.

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