April 12, 2006 (6:00 a.m.)
SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Tropical Prediction Center)

TODAY'S WEATHER

Partly cloudy and hazy weather is developing over
Yucatan, the North West Caribbean and Belize.

Ambergris Caye, San Pedro and Caye Caulker will
experience for the next 24 hrs:

Hazy and hot weather and partly cloudy skies today and
tonight with the chance of early morning showers.

The high temperature will be around low 90 degrees F
after midday. Today's winds will become Northeast to
East 5 to 15 Kts.

The sea state will be slight to light chop. Seas will
be 4 to 6 feet beyond the reef.

The outlook is for fair and hot weather through
Friday.


Current Weather:
San Pedro Lagoon 0630 hrs
Cloud
2/8 Cumulus
Wind (direction & speed)
East 12 Kts.
Tide level
0.46 m
Precipitation
None

Western & Central Caribbean:

AN UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE W ATLC
AND NW CARIBBEAN. THE UPPER AXIS LIES FROM 32N71W
ACROSS CUBA TO 19N81W.

UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND SURFACE FORCING IS
GENERATING A SHIELD OF OVERCAST SKIES...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDER STORMS FROM 19N-32N
BETWEEN 63W-73W. THE MOST ORGANIZED SHOWER ACTIVITY IS
LOCATED WITHIN 200 NM OF THE STATIONARY FRONT AND OVER
HISPANIOLA WHERE THE LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY IS CAUSING
ENHANCED LIFT.

A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A WEAK 1012 MB LOW.

FAIR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FLORIDA...THE W
BAHAMAS...AND THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.


Central & Eastern Caribbean:

A PAIR OF SFC TROUGHS IS ALSO ENHANCING SHOWER
ACTIVITY. ONE ALONG 57W FROM 12N-16N AND THE OTHER
ALONG 68W FROM 14N-19N.

SAN JUAN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SCATTERED SHOWERS
ACROSS THE ISLAND BUT THE MOST ORGANIZED ACTIVITY IS
TO THE W OF THE ISLAND MOVING OVER HISPANIOLA INTO THE
DEEP MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH.

AREAS OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS SIMILAR LOCATIONS FROM
EASTERN CUBA TO THE LESSER ANTILLES SPREADING TO THE
NE ACROSS THE W ATLC OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS
MESSY WEATHER WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND.