Belize Weather Forecast: February 27, 2020

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Cloudy with light rain. A cold front is affecting the country.
Advisories: *A Small Craft Warning is in effect for coastal waters of the country.*
24-hour forecast: Cloudy with periods of light rain.
Winds: North-Northwest | 15-25 kts | Gusty
Sea State: Rough
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81
Outlook: Cloudy and cool on Friday and Friday night with light rain mostly over the coast and the south.
Tropical Weather Outlook: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico within the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

An upper level ridge curves through Central America. It extends from the border of Colombia and Panama, through Central America, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec of southern Mexico. The ridge is pushing upper level anticyclonic wind flow across the Caribbean Sea.

A cold front is passing through Lake Okeechobee in Florida, to the NE corner of the Yucatan Peninsula, to SW Guatemala. Precipitation: isolated to widely scattered moderate to the west of the line that runs from NW Cuba to the western sections of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea.

A surface trough extends from a 1014 mb Atlantic Ocean 19N58W low pressure center, to the south of Guadeloupe, to 14.5N64W. Precipitation: Broken to overcast multilayered clouds and possible rainshowers are in the Caribbean Sea, to the east of the line that runs from 16N70W to 11N65W.

24-hour rainfall totals that are listed for the period that ended at 27/0000 UTC, according to the PAN AMERICAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES, MIATPTPAN/SXCA01 KNHC, are: 0.31 in Guadeloupe.

High pressure, to the northeast of the Caribbean Sea, interacting with low pressure that is in South America, will maintain strong NE to E winds, that will be pulsing each night into the start of next week off the coast of Colombia. A cold front will move into the NW Caribbean Sea tonight. The cold front will move southeastward and reach from eastern Cuba to eastern Honduras by Thursday evening. The cold front gradually will become stationary from Hispaniola to 16N78W and to Costa Rica during the upcoming weekend, and dissipate early next week. Fresh to strong north winds behind this front will expand in coverage during the weekend as high pressure builds southeastward across the NW Caribbean Sea. The winds will veer to northeast to east on Monday and Monday night, as the high pressure shifts eastward. It is possible that NE winds may reach to near gale-force speeds in the Windward Passage on Monday and Monday night.

For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.

Climate Prediction Center’s Central America Hazards Outlook

Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)

Ambergris Caye:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/san-pedro

Philip S W Goldson International Airport:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/belize/MZBZ?cm_ven=localwx_today

Belmopan:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/belmopan/17.26%2C-88.78

Caye Caulker:
http://cayecaulkerweather.com/weatherdata/caye-caulker-belize-live-weather-data.htm