SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Regional Hurricane Center)
TODAY'S FORECAST
Fair conditions over Belize and The Northwest
Caribbean will produce only isolated showers.
Ambergris Caye, San Pedro and Caye Caulker will
experience for the next 24 hrs:
Partly sunny skies with warm temperatures. Winds will
be easterly at 5 to 15 kts. Isolated showers will
occur during the early morning and late afternoon. The
sea state will be slight to light chop.
The outlook is for sunny skies with isolated showers
on Wednesday.
Northwest Caribbean & Central America:
AN UPPER HIGH IS CENTERED IN THE W CARIBBEAN NEAR
12N80W COVERING THE AREA W OF 67W AND EXTENDS N TO
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE W ATLC. DIFFLUENCE TO
THE SW OF THE UPPER HIGH IS DRAWING TROPICAL MOISTURE
N FROM OVER COLOMBIA...PANAMA...AND THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AMERICA PRODUCING SCATTERED MODERATE/ ISOLATED
STRONG CONVECTION S OF 13N W OF 79W.
Central Caribbean:
THE N CARIBBEAN WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH MID-WEEK WHILE
THE S CARIBBEAN WILL EXPERIENCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
AS THE TROPICAL WAVES MOVE WESTWARD.
Eastern Caribbean:
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC DIPS OVER THE E
CARIBBEAN E OF 67W TO THE COAST OF VENEZUELA BRINGING
DRY AIR AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE TO THE AREA E OF 80W
EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED LOW LEVEL SHOWERS OVER CUBA AND
HISPANIOLA.
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK...A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE
INTO THE CARIBBEAN BRINGING SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE LESSER ANTILLES