Temperature, probability of rain, clouds and ultraviolet rays are some of the information you need to know before leaving home. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

Beyond consulting the weather to know what to wear or wear or not an umbrella, 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 This could be complex, to this is added another variant: global warming, which has made even more urgent the need to keep up to date in order to act and act. 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 Barranquilla:

This Wednesday’s weather in Barranquilla will reach 32 degrees, while the minimum temperature it will be 24 degrees. The expected UV index is 10.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for said city it will be 0%, with 0% cloudiness, during the day; and 1%, with 27% cloudiness, throughout the night.

During this time, wind gusts will reach 41 kilometers per hour during the day and 56 kilometers per hour at night.

Weather in Barranquilla

Being in the north of the country, very close to the Caribbean Sea, the Colombian city of Barranquilla is characterized by its dry tropical climate.

There mean temperature in Barranquilla, it is between 26 and 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 does not drop more than 25 degrees Celsius at night.

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.

    Barranquilla is characterized by being tropical dry.  (Barranquilla Town Hall/File)
Barranquilla is characterized by being tropical dry. (Barranquilla Town Hall/File)

The weather in Colombia is very variedhe the climate is modified 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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