Mostly warm weather this week
Relatively moist and unstable conditions are starting to set it and will influence our weather in the days ahead.
The general forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for cloudy skies with sunny periods this afternoon. Tonight and tomorrow morning skies will be cloudy.
Winds over the open sea and along the coast will be easterly to northeasterly at five to fifteen knots.
The sea state will be choppy.
Temperatures will peak at 89 degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon along the coast; 93 degrees Fahrenheit inland and 81 degrees Fahrenheit up in he hills.
Low temperatures tonight will be around 78 degrees Fahrenheit along the coast; 73 degrees Fahrenheit inland and a comfortable 70 degrees Fahrenheit up at the exposed areas of the Mountain Pine Ridge and along the Maya Mountains in the south.
The tides: there will be a low tide at 4:45 PM. A high is at 10:57 PM and another low tide is at 4:39 am on Tuesday.
The sun set is at 6:21 PM. Sunrise on Tuesday is a 5:35 am.
The extended forecast valid through to Wednesday afternoon is for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms to affect mainly the north on Tuesday afternoon, then the south on Tuesday night, decreasing on Wednesday.
Patrick Jones