June 26th, 2006 (6 a.m.)
SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with excerpts from the
Tropical Prediction Center)
TODAY’S WEATHER
Cloudy to overcast skies still linger over Belize and Western Caribbean
waters. Unstable conditions continue over Central America and the Gulf of
Honduras.
Ambergris Caye, San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the next 24
hrs:
Skies will continue to be cloudy to overcast with isolated showers; but
sunny breaks will develop during the afternoon.
The highest temperature will be near 84 degrees F after midday.
Winds will be Easterly between 5 to 15Kts.
The sea state will be light chop to choppy. Seas will increase to 3 feet
beyond the reef.
The outlook is for cloudy to overcast skies and widely scattered showers
through Wednesday.
Current Weather:
San Pedro Lagoon 0700 hrs
Cloud
High Overcast
Wind (direction & speed)
West northwest 5 kts.
Tide level
0.49 m
Precipitation
None
Western Caribbean:
A TROPICAL WAVE IS PASSING OVER JAMAICA ALONG 77W/78W SOUTH OF 20N MOVING
WEST 10 TO 15 KT. NO PRECIPITATION CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE
DIRECTLY. UPPER LEVEL WESTERLY WINDS ARE CUTTING ACROSS THE AREA OF THIS
WAVE...AS THE WAVE MOVES TOWARD BROAD UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IN THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
BROKEN TO OVERCAST MULTILAYERED CLOUDS AND ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS TO
LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEST OF 80W.
Central & Eastern Caribbean:
THE AREA EAST OF 66W IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE 30N52W-TO- GUADELOUPE
MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.
THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTION IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BROAD MIDDLE TO
UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE BAHAMA ISLANDS EAST OF FLORIDA AND
COVERING MOST OF THE GREATER ANTILLES.
UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA WEST OF 70W.
TRADES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND REALLY START CRANKING
BY LATE TUE INTO WED. LATEST GFS SHOWS CONDITIONS VERY NEAR GALE FORCE
ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA TUE NIGHT AND WED. HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR 13 FT.
...TROPICAL WAVES...
A CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE IS PASSING OVER JAMAICA ALONG 77W/78W SOUTH
OF 20N MOVING WEST 10 TO 15 KT. NO PRECIPITATION CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS WAVE DIRECTLY.
...TROPICAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT...
NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 23N TO 24N AT THE SOUTHERN
PART OF ANDROS ISLAND BETWEEN 76.5W AND 78.5W.
LINGERING BUT WEAKENING PRECIPITATION IS OVER THE WATERS IN BETWEEN THE
CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE ISLAND OF MAYAGUANA. OTHER ISOLATED MODERATE SHOWERS
ARE FOUND IN THE BAHAMAS FROM 24N TO Grand Bahama ISLAND BETWEEN 73W AND
80W...AND WITHIN 60 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF 25N68W 29N73W BEYOND 32N77W.
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED
BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA AND HAITI ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CYCLONIC
FLOW.