Belize Weather Forecast: May 19, 2018

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Warm and generally fair weather prevails.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny with cloudy spells today and partly cloudy skies tonight. Showers or thunderstorms will be isolated, but slightly more will affect inland and southern areas this afternoon.
Winds: East | 5-15 kts
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 83
General Outlook: For Sunday and Sunday night is for a similar trend to occur.
Daily Tropical Weather Outlook: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico during the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

An upper-level trough extends over the Yucatan Channel and the northwest Caribbean. Upper-level diffluence on the eastern side of this trough is supporting numerous showers and scattered moderate convection N of 13N between 74W and 84W. The interaction of the upper trough with the nearby E Pacific monsoon trough over Panama is supporting clusters of moderate to strong convection S of 13N between 76W and 83W. Broad high pressure over the subtropical Atlantic continues to support moderate to fresh tradewinds over the NW and E Caribbean, and fresh to strong winds over the central Caribbean. Light winds are occurring over the extreme SW Caribbean near the eastern Pacific monsoon trough. Wave heights of 8 to 10 ft continue to occur over the S central Caribbean as confirmed by a recent satellite altimeter pass and current buoy data.

Over the next couple of days, the upper-level trough will remain in place enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity over the western Caribbean. The surface ridging pattern over the Atlantic will persist, keeping a similar wind profile in place across the basin into early next week.

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For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.