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strong winds and what

about the rain?

ORANJESTAD — We are having a very unsettled
week weather-wise and people are asking why. The
main questions have been why we are having rain
and why do we have such strong winds today.

First we are going to answer the question why we
are having strong winds. A very strong high pressure
(1042 mb) is settled north of the Caribbean and is
extending over the Caribbean itself. Together with
the presence of a low-pressure area over northern
Colombia, it leads to a big difference in the atmo-
spheric pressure, so then there is a strong pressure
gradient force. To be more specific, a pressure gra-
dient is a measure of how much pressure changes
over distance and on a weather map that is shown
by the isobars. Isobars are lines on a weather map
joining places of equal atmospheric pressure. When
those are very close to each other, it means that
there is a strong pressure gradient and thus windy
conditions are present over that area. When those
are far from each other, there may be little or no
wind over that area. We generally expect a strong
pressure gradient during the next days, mostly today
and Saturday and afterwards it should weaken a bit
but not significantly, so the moderate to strong winds
will likely persist in the next days. We could expect
strong wind gusts up to 60 km/h. The strong winds will
lead to rough seas. As of the rain that we have been
having lately with the exception of Wednesday, the
first part of the week was related with a slow-moving
disturbance and the current rain is related to areas
of cloudiness coming from the North Atlantic that
were remnants of cold fronts and have been pushed
to the south because of the high pressure that cre-
ates the well -known trade winds across the region.
The shower activity will likely decrease on Saturday,
and then again increase during Sunday till possibly
remain till Wednesday.

Source Caribbean Weather Center