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Forecast [more]

Tonight through Thursday evening: Partly cloudy, occasionally mostly cloudy with scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms.Forecast high for today will be 29°C, 84°F and low 25°C, 77 °F.Sunrise will occur at 05:38 A.M. and sunset at 6:39 P.M.

 Winds:Tonight through Thursday evening: Easterly and gentle to moderate 08 to 18 miles per hour. In showers/thunderstorms occasional gusts to 30 miles per hour.

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Thursday Friday Saturday
Partly Cloudy
Risk/Chance Thunderstorms		 Isolated Showers
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Isolated Showers

22° Halo Visible around the Sun on March 26, 2012 [Full story]

On March 26th, 2012 sky watchers were pleasantly surprised by a circular rainbow visible around the sun. This phenomenon is called a 22° Halo, one of the many optical phenomena, that forms a 22° circle around the sun. To check this stretch out the fingers of your hand at arms length. The tips of the thumb and the little finger then subtend around 20°. Place the thumb over the sun and the halo will extend a little from the little finger tip. The halo is always the same diameter, regardless of its position in the sky.
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Rainfall OutlookRainfall Outlook for the Second and Third Quarter of 2012

Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) in the tropical Pacific Ocean have gone from slightly below average values (weak La Niña conditions) to average or slightly above average levels during March 2012. The latter is a hint that a weak El Niño may develop over there during the next few months. In the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, the SST are forecast to be near or slightly below average levels. This development for now indicates that conditions for rainfall in the southern Caribbean and northern South America will become slightly unfavorable. Only average rainfall amounts therefore are now expected through October 2012 in the ABC Islands. Rainfall in the SSS Islands on the other hand is expected to be at or slightly above average levels through the same period.

 Last updated: April 13, 2012.