Liberia, Costa Rica

Liberia, Costa Rica is located 10.63N and 85.43 W near the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The climate is tropical due to its location near the equator receiving 12 hours of sunlight.SOURCE

 

Costa Rica is divided into major cities, Liberia is part of the major City Guanacaste.

Elevation (meters)

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Costa Rica has a diversity of weather due to the various elevations, at higher elevations the temperatures are colder and low precipitation. Liberia is position in the lowlands of the Guanacaste Cordillera away from the coast having a dry arid season.

Average Monthly Temperatures

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Costa Rica has two main seasons; tropical and subtropical season.

• Tropical: Rainy Season (May-November)

• Sub-tropical: Dry Season (December-April)

Seasons are determine by the north-easterly trade winds. On dry season the trade winds carry moisture to the mountains creating the cloud forest.

Average Annual Precipitation

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 In this diagram it can be seen the dry season is from December to mid- April, raining once or twice per month. The rainy season it's from mid-April to November, the most rainy months are September and October.

Convergence

 

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Cold air moving from the ocean to land uplifts the air. Land gets heated and cooled faster than a body of water. During the day the land starts heating also rising the air temperatures causing low pressure, sea breeze cold air with high pressure starts blowing to the land. High pressure always moves to low pressure also taking in consideration cold air is denser than warm air. Cold air blown into the land uplifts the warm air causing a cumulous cloud to form and brings precipitation.

Maritime Tropical air masses causes the weather of Costa Rica to be warm and humid most of the year having an ustable atmosphere. Moisture is present in the air as a result higher amounts of latent heat are found, having a low Bowen ration.

Clouds

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Clouds can be found more often when there is more water in the atmospher during the rainy season.



 Potential for Severe Weather     
 

During the rainy season, lowlands are more prone to flooding and landslides.









During the most rainy seasons September and October, storms occur more often followed by high speed winds.











Sources
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blccostarica.htm
http://www.hola.cr/en/costa-rica-info/geography-climate.html
 http://www.guanacastecostarica.com/climate.html
 http://www.worldheadquarters.com/cr/climate/
 http://weatherspark.com/averages/32642/Liberia-Guanacaste-Costa-Rica