Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
Weather forecasts, based on observation and mathematical modelshelp predict the state of the atmosphere at a given time and location from various relationships such as temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation or wind.
Weather forecasts are activities that have been carried out for hundreds of years, even before the Christian era, basically based on the observation of cloud patterns, wind, and the time of year, although initially these They were not very accurate.
It was not until the arrival of new technologies (such as computers) that mathematical models began to be implemented that made it possible to achieve more accurate predictions, becoming a fundamental factor for the transportation (land, sea or air), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even military operationsthis beyond deciding whether or not to carry an umbrella or what outfit put on.
Below is the state of the weather for the next few hours in Washington DC for this Saturday:
The probability of rain for this Saturday in Washington DC it is 0% during the day and 0% at night.
Meanwhile, cloudiness will be 6% during the day and 12% during the night.
As to the temperature A maximum of 17 degrees and a minimum of 4 degrees is expected in this region. Ultraviolet rays are expected to reach a level of up to 3.
While wind gusts will reach 50 kilometers per hour during the day and 28 kilometers per hour at night.
Weather prediction in Washington DC (Illustrative image Infobae)
Washington DC is the capital city of the United States, located in the northeast of the North American country, next to the Potomac River, surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia.
The climate in this American city is mainly tropical, with the monsoon subtypethat is, it registers high temperatures all year round, with a short dry season and a predominantly rainy season.
The hottest temperatures They are present in July, where it is around 40 degrees; In contrast, it is in January and February when frozen weather prevails to the point of reaching zero degrees.
Meanwhile, the month with more precipitation It’s May.
Being a large country, the United States has a wide variety of climates, practically all of them.
On the eastern side of the United States Two major climates predominate: the humid subtropical and the humid continental.
In the American Northeast the most important climate is humid continental which is characterized by constant rain throughout the year that turns into storms during the summer and snowfall throughout the winter.
In the southeastern United States The prevailing weather is subtropical humid It has warm summers, cool winters and abundant rainfall.
From the American West Sidethere are at least three major predominant climates: semi-arid, arid and Mediterranean.
The semi-arid climate, in its cold subtypeencompasses the most central part of the west and from north to south of the United Statesis characterized by little rainfall and low temperatures.
In the southwestern United States is where the arid climate, both cold and warm subtype. In the cold arid, the winters are cold and the summers are temperate, while in the hot arid, the summer registers extremely high temperatures and in the winter the weather is mild. In both cases, rainfall is scarce.
The Mediterranean climate registers in the most coastal area of the American West, from north to south and is characterized by its mild and rainy winters, plus its dry and hot summers.
