Improving weather, warm temperatures
Weather conditions will improve over the next couple of days before another bout of rain sets in this weekend.
The general forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for partly cloudy skies tonight. Wednesday will be sunny with a few cloudy spells.
Winds over the open sea and along the coast will be easterly at ten to twenty knots. The sea state will be choppy.
Low temperatures tonight will range from 78 degrees Fahrenheit along the coast, to 73 degrees Fahrenheit inland. It will be a cool 68 degrees Fahrenheit up in the hills.
High temperatures on Wednesday will be around 89 degrees Fahrenheit long coastal areas; 93 degrees Fahrenheit inland and a warm 81 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 high tide at 11;26 PM on Tuesday. This will be followed by a low tide at 5:45 am on Wednesday.
The sun will rise at 5:35 am on Wednesday.
It will set at 6:20 PM also on Wednesday.
The extended forecast valid through to Friday is for an increase in cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms as a Tropical Wave approaches.
Patrick Jones