Daily Weather in San Salvador

The capital of El Salvador is San Salvador.  We will be looking at the five day forecast of San Salvador from the dates of Wednesday March 19th to Sunday March 23.  The forecasted high for March 19th is 93 degrees F and the low is 69 degrees F with 0% precipitation.  For March 20th, the high is 94 degrees F and the low is 69 degrees F with 0% precipitation.  For Friday March 21st, the high is 95 degrees F and the low is 68 degrees F with 0% precipitation.  On March 22nd, the high is 92 degrees F and the low is 69 degrees F with 0% precipitation.  On Sunday March 23rd, the high is 95 degrees F and the low is 70 degrees F with 0% precipitation (wunderground.com).

Screenshot from wunderground.com

As we see in this satellite image above there isn't much happening in this area of central America.  There are no clouds anywhere near the country or on the ocean.  Around San Salvador there is mostly green, this is because El Salvador is very tropical and has many rain forests.  There are also mountains not to far away as well.  There aren't any rivers or lakes nearby but the ocean isn't too far way from San Salvador.

  

This map shows Mexico and Central America.  In Mexico you can see a cold front.  It is connected to a stationary front.  There are also 1016 mb and 1012 mb isobars that go through Mexico and Central America.                                                                                                                                     

This is the full map of Central America.  From this map we see no fronts or high or low pressure systems anywhere near Central America.  There are just isobars that are 1012 mb and 1008 mb.  This map is consistent with the local weather in San Salvador.                                                                        

Global and Local Winds in El Salvador

El Salvador is located is in Central America which is in the Northern Hemisphere.  El Salvador is located 13.6689 N and 88.8661 W.  According the the three cell model, El Salvador is located in the Hadley Cell.  Since El Salvador is in the Hadley Cell it is effected by trade winds.  The trade winds blow from east to west so winds in this cell are easterly winds.  El Salvador is close to the equatorial low.  It is not exactly around there since El Salvador's latitude is roughly 14 degree north it is closest to the equator.  Since El Salvador is located near the equatorial low it is also close to doldrums.

Areas in the Hadley Cell are effected by trade winds.  El Salvador is close to the equator so it has a nice tropical climate.  It has typically close as the same weather as Hawaii, except Hawaii is a higher latitude.  El Savador's tropical climate always has pretty consistent warm weather and with not too much rain.  The warm air rises from the equator and is pushed northward.  It then sinks and flows back to the equator giving El Salvador its warm tropical climate.

El Salvador has a lot of volcanoes and two main mountain ranges.  There are five types of breezes and winds associated with mountains.  They are mountain breezes, valley breezes, Chinook winds or Foehn winds (depending on your geographic location), Katabatic winds or fall winds, and Santa Ana winds.  El Salvador experiences mountain and valley breezes.  El Salvador is located on the coast of Central America.  There are two types of breezes associated with coastline, they are sea breezes and land breezes.  El Salvador experiences both sea and land breezes.