The
following is a five day forecast for Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince. The
five day forecast will cover the following days: March 18, 2014; March 19,
2014; March 20, 2014; March 21, 2014; March 22, 2014. The forecasted high for
March 18, 2014, is 88°F, with a forcasted low of 77°F. The precipitation
percent for March 18 is 15%. The forecasted high for March 19, 2014, is 88°F; the forecasted low is 77°F. The precipitation percent is 16%. The
forecast for March 20 is: a forecasted high of 88°F, a forecasted low of 77°F,
and a precipitation percent of 16%. The forecast for March 21, 2014 is: a
forecasted high of 87°F, a forecasted low of 77°F, and a precipitation percent
of 18%. A high of 87°F, a low of 77°F, and a precipitation percent of 19 is
forecasted for March 22, 2014. (wunderground.com)
Current Satellite Image:
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| Screenshot from WunderMap, taken March 18, 2014. |
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| Screenshot taken March 18, 2014, from WunderMap |
This next image is a satellite image of
Port-au-Prince. To be quite honest, I'm not sure if there are thin, low warm
clouds over the capital or if there is heavy pollution, as Port-au-Prince and
its surrounding neighborhoods are densely populated. The green areas on the map
represent forests.
Regional
(Synoptic) Patterns of Low and High Pressure and Fronts:
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| From Intellicast. Screenshot taken March 18, 2014 |
Above is a map of the
Caribbean. Observed isobar pressures are: 1016 mb over Florida, 1016 mb North
East of the Hispaniola and Porto Rico, and 1012 mb off of the coast of Central
America. High and Low pressures are not present of this particular map. A cold
front located over Cuba from Florida moves toward Hispaniola.
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| From Intellicast. Screenshot taken March 18, 2014. |
On the larger map of the
Continental US, several low and high pressure areas are present. In respect to
the Caribbean region, there is a high in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana and
Florida, and a Low off the coast off of Virginia and North Carolina. Also,
there is a high present over North Carolina. The Cold front over Cuba is a part
of a mid-latitude cyclone (the center of which is the low off of the coast of
Virginia and North Carolina). Another mid-latitude cyclone is approaching the
end of its "life" over Kansas and Missouri.
Haiti is a lot hotter in general than New Zealand! While Haiti daily stays in the 70-80ºF, New Zealand is currently staying in the 50-60ºF range. It also seems like Haiti is expected to rain more than New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the weather seems the opposite, Haiti's and New Zealand's surface analysis seem similar! Haiti has no Highs or Lows and a cold front while New Zealand only has one High and a cold front as well!
Haiti is a little bit cooler than El Salvador but has more chance of rain each day. El Salvador stays consistently in the 90s and has 0% chance of rain each day while Haiti has high 80s and small chances of rain. Haiti and El Salvador are around the same isobars of 1012 and neither have any Highs or Lows. Haiti has one cold front whereas El Salvador has nothing, just isobars.
ReplyDeleteCompared to Egypt, Haiti's high and low temperatures are fairly constant. In Egypt, the high temperature one day could be 82 degrees then the next day it will go down to 77 degrees. Haiti also has more of a chance for precipitation than Egypt.
ReplyDeleteThank you for always doing your blog posts early. When comparing daily temperature highs and lows between Harare and Port-au-Prince, Harare has a much larger daily range, approximately 20 degrees, compared to Port-au-Prince's daily temperature range of about 10 degrees. Also, Harare's day by day chance of precipitation is highly variable, from 10% to 40% to 20% to 60%. In Port-au-Prince, the chance of precipitation is very constant, always around 16%. Satellite images show that Harare and Port-au-Prince are opposites in regards to cloud coverage. Port-au-Prince has very little to no clouds over the city, with small low-lying warm clouds. On the other hand, Harare is almost entirely covered by high elevation cold clouds. There is a high pressure system affecting the Caribbean and Haiti, which helps the predict wind direction. The is a stationary front off the eastern coast of Africa, which explains wind direction in Zimbabwe because wind blows parallel to a stationary front.
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