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

Beyond checking the weather forecast to know what to wear or whether or not to pack a raincoat, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transport (by air, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if by itself predict the time It could be complex, but another variant is added: climate change, which has made the need to keep up to date to act and act even more urgent. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk like alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here the weather forecast for the next few hours in Cali:

During the day temperature it will reach a maximum of 30 degrees, rain forecast it will be 78%, with 94% cloudiness, while the wind gusts will be 22 kilometers per hour.

As for UV rays, they should reach a level of up to 5.

For the night, temperature will reach 21 degrees, while the probability of precipitation It will be 60%, with 95% cloudiness, while wind gusts will reach 15 kilometers per hour during the day.

What’s the weather like in Cali?

North of Valle de Cauca, the city of Cali has a mainly tropical climate, characterized by being hot and dry.

In Cali, the mean temperature It is 24 degrees Celsius, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).

During the day, the Maximum temperature It fluctuates between 30 and 31 degrees Celsius. While in the minimum temperature it drops at night to 19 and 20 degrees Celsius.

Cali is characterized by having constant rains throughout the year, being two seasons in which precipitation is more abundant.

The first is from March to May and the second from October to December, with April and November being the rainiest months.

    Cali has a mainly tropical climate, characterized by being hot and dry.  (Cali City Hall/Archives)
Cali has a mainly tropical climate, characterized by being hot and dry. (Cali City Hall/Archives)

The weather in Colombia is very varied.he 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 tropical 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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