Belize Weather Forecast: June 14, 2018

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Relatively moist and unstable conditions persist over the area.
Advisories: *Small Craft Caution in effect for occasional gusty winds and rough seas, espeacially near heavy showers or thunderstorms.*
24-hour forecast: Mostly cloudy along with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms mostly over northern and inland areas today and then increasing tonight over most areas of the country.
Winds: East-Southeast | 10-20 kts | Gusty
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 83
General Outlook: For Friday and Friday night is for a few showers and thunderstorms mainly over northern and inland areas during the day, and then increasing to affect most areas during the night.
Daily Tropical Weather Outlook: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the western Caribbean sea associated with a surface trough is unlikely to develop during the next 48 hours. However, this disturbance will likely produce locally heavy rainfall across portions of the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

A tropical wave is over the central Caribbean, and another tropical wave is over the Yucatan Peninsula. See above. In addition, scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is over the W Caribbean and Central America W of 82W. Mostly fair weather is over the E Caribbean.

In the upper levels, an upper level trough is over the W Caribbean W of 80W. A large upper level ridge is over the remainder of the Caribbean with axis along 72W.

Expect the Yucatan tropical wave to exit the peninsula Thu. Expect the central Caribbean tropical wave to move west across the central Caribbean through early Fri, and continue through the west Caribbean into the upcoming weekend. Another tropical wave will enter the southeast Caribbean on Thu night and Fri, and reach the central Caribbean during the upcoming weekend. Strong trades currently across the central Caribbean will shift slightly west across the waters between 70W and 85W then begin to diminish.

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For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.