00:00Let's check in with Rochelle for tonight's weather forecast.
00:04Thanks, Bash. Good evening, Trinidad and Tobago.
00:07A lot of you were in good, good spirits today after the lovely weather we experienced.
00:12While some areas enjoyed plenty of sunshine, others saw overcast skies and even showers,
00:19especially eastern Trinidad.
00:21But will these good, good conditions continue?
00:24Well, let's take a look at what you can expect.
00:26For tonight, a few partly cloudy intervals is expected with isolated showers
00:31that will interrupt generally fair conditions,
00:34with temperatures dropping to 25 and 26 degrees in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:39Also happening tonight is a mild concentration of Saharan dust
00:44that is expected to infiltrate the atmosphere.
00:47Now, this will go into tomorrow as well.
00:50So if you are sensitive to this change in air quality, prepare yourself accordingly.
00:55So that means along with hazy conditions expected tomorrow,
00:59you can also look out for a perfect mix of sunshine and showers.
01:03The Met Office says the day will be sunny, hazy and at times breezy
01:08that will be interrupted by cloudy periods with scattered showers,
01:12with temperatures reaching highs of up to 32 degrees in Trinidad and 31 over in Tobago.
01:18And the next couple of days will be the same.
01:21Moving on now towards sun times in Trinidad,
01:24sunrises at 6 o'clock and 557 in Tobago
01:27and sunset at 539 in Trinidad and 535 in Tobago.
01:31And tomorrow's sea conditions will be moderate
01:34with waves up to 1.5 meters in open waters
01:37and below 1 meter, occasionally choppy, in sheltered areas.
01:41It's now time for your Thai Times.
01:52Did you know that a crater on Mars was officially named after our very own town of Arima
01:58in Trinidad and Tobago?
02:00Well, the crater named in 2012 measures just over 50 kilometers across.
02:06But why Arima?
02:07Well, the International Astronomical Union, which oversees the naming of planetary features,
02:14has a convention of naming smaller craters on Mars after towns and villages around the world
02:20with populations of approximately 100,000 or fewer.
02:25Arima was therefore selected as part of this international naming system.
02:29Images captured by the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft
02:34reveal an unusual depression at the crater's center,
02:38which scientists believe may have formed through powerful steam explosions
02:42involving underground ice or water.
02:45So, even though it wasn't specifically intended as a tribute,
02:49our very own Arima has its name etched onto the surface of another planet.
02:54Well, now you know.
02:56And well, that's all for weather tonight.
02:58But don't touch that remote just yet, because sports is up next.
