Belize Weather Forecast: September 1, 2014 General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post! Belize NMS: Moist and unstable conditions persist over the forecast area. Advisories: *Small Craft Caution for gusty winds and locally rough seas near heavy showers and thunderstorms.* 24-hour forecast: Cloudy skies with a few showers, periods of light to moderate rain and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the north today, then a few showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop mainly over the south tonight. Winds: East to southeast at 10-20 knots with occasional higher gusts. Marine Forecast: Today: Winds: E/SE 10-20 kt with occnl higher gusts.; seas: Moderate-rough.; waves: 4-6 ft.; a few showers, periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms(mainly north). Tomorrow: Winds: E/SE 10-20 kt.; seas: Moderate .; waves: 4-6 ft.; a few showers or isolated thunderstorms. Marine Outlook: Tuesday night:- Winds: E/SE 5-15 kt. Seas:Choppy-moderate; waves: 3-5 ft.; a few showers or isolated thunderstorms. Sea Surface Temp (°F): 81-83 General Outlook: For Tuesday and Tuesday night is for a few showers or isolated thunderstorms to develop across the country. Tropical Weather Outlook: A broad area of low pressure has formed in association with a tropical wave over the Yucatan peninsula and is forecast to move over the waters of the eastern Bay of Campeche early tomorrow. This system has the potential to become a tropical depression while it moves west-northwestward across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico during the next couple of days. Click for our daily Tropical Weather Report Current Conditions and weather history for Ambergris Caye / San Pedro Wind & weather forecast for Ambergris Caye / San Pedro: Great information for sailors... Caribbean winds site: An animated map of Caribbean wind and weather. Click for a green circle or position, showing the exact location longitude and latitude, temp and wind speed. Current Caye Caulker Weather Information Belize Hydrological & Flooding Information Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)   High Low Coastal 29° C 85° F 24° C 76° F Inland 31° C 88° F 22° C 72° F Hills 24° C 75° F 20° C 68° F TIDES: Low - 8:51 AM High - 2:39 PM Low - 7:39 PM High - 2:36 AM (TUES.) Sunrise - 5:39 AM Moonrise - 11:27 AM Sunset - 6:06 PM Moonset - 11:05 PM CLICK here and here for detailed weather data

A Tropical Wave over the Yucatan Peninsula will keep maintain moist and unstable conditions over the country heading into the work week.

The general forecast for Belize is for cloudy to overcast skies tonight along with some light rain.

Monday will be mostly cloudy with a few showers and thunderstorms mainly over northern and inland areas of the country.

Winds over the open sea and along the coast will be south easterly at ten to twenty knots, with higher gusts near heavy showers and thunderstorms.

The sea state will be moderate, becoming locally rough at times. Operators of small craft should exercise caution in rough seas.

Low temperatures tonight will be around 76 degrees Fahrenheit along the coast; 73 degrees Fahrenheit inland and a cool 68 degrees Fahrenheit up in the hills.

High temperatures on Monday will range from 86 degrees Fahrenheit along the coast to 89 degrees Fahrenheit inland. It will be a comfortable 76 degrees Fahrenheit up at the exposed area of the Mountain Pine Ridge and along the Maya Mountains in the south.

The tides: there will be a high tide at 1:44 am on Monday. A low tide is at 8:51 am also on Monday.

The sun will rise at 5:39 am on Monday. It will set at 6:06 pm on Monday.

The extended forecast valid through to Tuesday is for cloudy skies at times with a few showers over most areas, along with isolated thunderstorms.

And that is a look at the weather, with information provided by forecaster Derrick Rudon at the Belize Weather Bureau.

Patrick Jones

On Ambergris Caye this morning it's rough. Diving outside the reef is not inviting.
We have a heavy overcast sky and the expected high is 85.

From Belmopan... 08:00 BZT

There is Rain all round Belize, but little actually in Belize, it is circulating round us, not moving very fast though. . . .Which means the low pressure centre is over us, not to the west of Belize as shown in some weather information.

In Belmopan we have had very little rain, 0.4mm ( 0.01" ) but some of that was with very high wind, wet windows only wet during the hurricane in 2010. . ... .Looks like this near stagnant ITCZ will be around Belize for much of the day.. . . . Looks like the worst of the rain is now past.