Belize Weather Forecast: June 24, 2020


General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy this morning. Windy and hazy conditions will prevail over the country, with a decrease in moisture expected later today. Dense Saharan dust covers most of the Caribbean.
Advisories: *A Small Craft Caution is in effect for gusty winds and locally rough seas. Hazy conditions may reduce visibilty.*
24-hour forecast: Skies will be hazy with some cloudy spells. A few showers and isolated thunderstorms will occur mostly over central and inland areas this morning, decreasing later today. Then little or no rainfall is expected tonight.
Winds: E-SE, 15-25 kts , Gusty
Sea State: Moderate-Rough
Waves: 5-7 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 85
Sargassum Forecast: Latest observations continue to show a few sargassum mats drifting into coastal areas of the country. There is a medium chance of these mats affecting local beaches in the coming week causing moderate impacts.
Outlook: Mostly dry, hazy and windy conditions expected on Thursday, with isolated showers or thunderstorms over south Thursday night.
Tropical Weather Outlook: At 11:00pm last night the center of newly formed Tropical Storm Dolly was located near 40.5N latitude, 60.3W longitude or about 560mls SW of Cape Race Newfoundland. Elsewhere in the North Atlantic, Caribbean sea and Gulf of Mexico, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

GOES-16 satellite imagery shows that dense Saharan dust covers central and western Caribbean. The dry and stable air mass that accompanies the dust is helping to bring hazy conditions to the area, and is suppressing convection over these areas. The dust is a little less dense over the eastern Caribbean. There is enough moisture to support low topped tradewind showers across the eastern Caribbean.

Strong to near gale force winds prevail over the south central Caribbean. Fresh to strong winds prevail across the Gulf of Honduras. Moderate to fresh winds prevail across much of the rest of the Caribbean, except in the lee of Cuba where light to gentle winds prevail.

Fresh to strong trades will prevail across the south central Caribbean through the remainder of the week and weekend. Winds will pulse to near gale force off the coast of Colombia each night through Sun night with seas building to 12 ft and higher during the strongest winds. Fresh to strong winds are expected to continue across the Gulf of Honduras through Sat night.


  High Low
Coastal 31° C
88° F
28° C
83° F
Inland 34° C
93° F
25° C
77° F
Hills 28° C
83° F
22° C
72° F
TIDES:
High: 11:38 AM Low: 7:07 PM
High: 1:27 AM (Thu) Low: 6:24 AM (Thu)
Sunrise: 5:20 AM Moonrise: 8:27 AM
Sunset: 6:30 PM Moonset: 9:44 PM




Four Day Weather Outlook:

For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.

Climate Prediction Center's Central America Hazards Outlook

Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)

Ambergris Caye:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/san-pedro

Philip S W Goldson International Airport:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/belize/MZBZ?cm_ven=localwx_today

Belmopan:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/belmopan/17.26%2C-88.78

Caye Caulker:
http://cayecaulkerweather.com/weatherdata/caye-caulker-belize-live-weather-data.htm