Belize Weather Forecast: May 4, 2018

The Caribbean Sea

A surface trough is developing from north of Hispaniola into the north central Caribbean. E to SE winds will increase slightly from the Tropical North Atlantic through the central Caribbean as high pressure builds westward over the Atlantic in the wake of the trough. This is already starting to happen as winds off Colombia diminish slightly, as they increase through the Windward and Leeward Islands. Strong NE winds are also noted in the lee of Cuba on a recent scatterometer pass from 02 UTC. Scattered thunderstorms are popping up in the Windward Passage as well, on the southeast side of a prominent mid/upper low centered north of the area. Seas will build over tropical north Atlantic and the eastern Caribbean to 6 to 9 ft through Sun.

This pattern will persist through Sun, then start to subside into early next week as the trough moves farther westward and the ridge weakens. Instability associated with the mid/upper level low will provide more thunderstorm potential to the north central Caribbean through late Sat.

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