Belize Weather Forecast: August 25, 2018

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Generally fair weather will prevail for much of today, before an approaching tropical wave brings along an increase in moisture and precipitation over the area.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Mostly sunny today and cloudy at times tonight. Showers or thunderstorms will be generally isolated today, and then a few showers and thunderstorms will occur mostly over southern and also near some coastal areas tonight.
Winds: East | 5-15 kts, Sea State: Light Chop-Choppy
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 84
General Outlook: For Sunday and Sunday night is for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms over the mainland during the morning and mainly over the south and along some coastal areas during the night. Otherwise, activity will be isolated.
Daily Tropical Weather Outlook: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, during the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

Two tropical waves are moving across the basin. An upper-level low is centered near the Gulf of Honduras at 17N86W. The low is assisting providing additional support to convection associated with the tropical wave along 84W/85W as described above. A mid-level cyclonic circulation is evident in the southwestern part of the sea at 11N82.5W. This feature is entrenched in a very unstable and moisture-laden atmosphere. This has developed scattered moderate convection to the east of the aforementioned wave as described above. This activity is expected to continue to increase through the rest of the morning.

The pressure gradient between the central Atlantic high pressure and broad low pressure over the southwestern Caribbean and S America will result will bring fresh to strong trades to the south-central Caribbean waters through early next week. The passage of tropical waves will further tighten the pressure gradient leading to strong to near gale force trades along the coast of Colombia and Venezuela with seas resultant building to around 9 or 10 ft. A tropical wave is forecast to move across the Lesser Antilles Tue night into Wed accompanied by scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.
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Climate Prediction Center’s Central America Hazards Outlook

Current Conditions and weather history for Ambergris Caye / San Pedro

Current Caye Caulker Weather Information

Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)