Daily Weather in Costa Rica

     For todays blog, I will be discussing the five day forecast for San Jose, Costa Rica. This forecast will be starting on March 30th and cover up to April 3rd. The forecasted high for Sunday, March 30th is 92 degrees F, while the forecasted low is 61 degrees F with a 0% chance of precipitation. The forecasted high for Monday, March 31st is 86 degrees F, while the forecasted low is 61 degrees with a 0% chance of precipitation. The forecasted high for Tuesday, April 1st is 87 degrees F, while the forecasted low is 62 degrees F with a 0% chance of precipitation. The forecasted high for Wednesday, April 2nd is 86 degrees F, while the forecasted low is 62 degrees F with a 0% chance of precipitation. The forecasted high for Thursday, April 3rd is 86 degrees F, while the forecasted low is 63 degrees F with a 10% chance of precipitation. As we can see, the weather looks like it will be staying fairly consistent with little to no precipitation.

       Above is a current satellite image of Costa Rica thanks to WunderMap.  As seen in the satellite image, there are currently no clouds to be seen. Costa Rica is experiencing clear skies. Due to the fact that Costa Rica is experiencing a clear night, I will talk about the terrain surrounding San Jose. San Jose is very lush and dark green. The dark green color shows forested areas. After zooming in quite a bit, the surrounding areas of San Jose are a light brown shade, which indicates desert areas. The closest lake to San Jose is located to the northwest and is called Lake Arenal. The closest volcano to San Jose is located to the north and is called Poas Volcano National Park.

       These next three images will show a zoomed in satellite image of Costa Rica, a full satellite image of Mexico and a full satellite view of South America. The three images will be showing the regional patterns of low and high pressure and fronts.  Unfortunately, as seen in the zoomed image of Costa Rica, the satellite image shows an isobar of 1012 mb. I chose to show full satellite images of both South America and Mexico since Costa Rica lies perfectly between the two. As seen in the full satellite image of Mexico, in the region closest to Costa Rica, a high pressure system can be seen. To the northwest of Mexico a low pressure system can be seen with a cold front moving in. In the full satellite image of South America, which is southeast of Costa Rica, a mixture of high and low pressure systems can be seen along with multiple weather fronts to the south of the country. A low pressure system can be seen over Bolivia and Paraguay, while right below in Argentina, a high pressure system can be seen. On the west side of South America, in Chile, another low pressure system can be seen as well as to the East over Uruguay. To the far east of South America, over the Atlantic Ocean, more high pressure weather systems can be seen. To the left of South America, over the Pacific Ocean, a cold weather front can be seen moving in, along with a warm front to the south. To the right of South America, over the Atlantic Ocean, a stationary front can be seen. Starting over Paraguay and heading south to the Atlantic Ocean another cold front can be seen.  The isobars located nearest to Costa Rica, located over Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, show a pressure of 1008 mb. From this information, we can conclude that Costa Rica is experiencing low pressure systems. (Images from Intellicast).