Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020

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Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020 #542072
05/01/20 05:39 AM 05/01/20 05:39 AM

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Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy. Generally fair weather prevails.
Advisories: *Heat alert remains in effect, especially for inland areas.*
24-hour forecast: Generally fair with only isolated showers or thunderstorms mainly inland and the south this afternoon.
Winds: East | 5-10 kts
Sea State: Light Chop
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 85
Outlook: For Saturday and Saturday night is for fair weather with little or no rainfall.
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:

	Winds	Seas	Waves	Details
Today	E 5-10 kts	Light Chop	2-4 ft	ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH.
Tonight	E 5-15 kts	Light Chop	2-4 ft	GENERALLY FAIR.
Tomorrow	E 5-15 kts	Light Chop	2-4 ft	GENERALLY FAIR.
Outlook	E 5-15 kts	Light Chop	2-4 ft	GENERALLY FAIR.

The Caribbean Sea

The GFE model for 250 mb, and the current water vapor satellite imagery, show broad upper level anticyclonic wind flow across the Caribbean Sea. Comparatively drier air is apparent in water vapor imagery from 70W eastward. Precipitation: rainshowers are possible, in broken low level clouds, to the east of the line that extends from SE Cuba to the Peninsula de la Guajira of N Colombia. The 24-hour precipitation total, in inches, ending at 01/0000 UTC, for Guadeloupe, is : 0.30.

A ridge over the western Atlantic will maintain fresh trade winds in the central Caribbean through Sun. Gentle to moderate winds are expected elsewhere. Smoke from agricultural fires in Central America may cause haze and reduced visibilities in the Gulf of Honduras and east of the Yucatan peninsula.

	High	Low
Coastal	31° C 88° F	27° C 81° F
Inland	34° C 94° F	23° C 73° F
Hills	28° C 83° F	21° C 70° F

TIDES:
High: 5:28 AM	Low: 10:12 AM
High: 4:15 PM	Low: 11:48 PM
Sunrise: 5:26 AM	Moonrise: 12:39 PM
Sunset: 6:13 PM	Moonset: 1:49 AM (Sat)

Four Day Weather Outlook:

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

Re: Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020 [Re: Marty] #542075 05/01/20 09:47 AM 05/01/20 09:47 AM
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Marty OP	Hazy morning on Ambergris Caye Smoke from Bacalar fire Pushing mosquitos down. Have not seen them in months. Light breeze; calm seas Some Belizans passing by going fishing. They can do it with a license. A lot of people are buying water. Their cisterns are running dry. We have only about 3-4 week supply. And no rain in sight! ============= From Belmopan.... Woke up before 6am with an aircraft presumably doing water bombing runs to the east of Belmopan, presumably, somehow refilling at the Belmopan air strip. The sun was very red through the smoke filled clouds. Still doing those runs now. The Caribbean winds stills topped in their tracks by this mass from the north, which caused another flare up over PK area and another one out at sea this morning. It is not clear what is happening over Belize this morning, but there is significant cloud in most area, particularly over the mountains, and high level thin cloud from the SW Looks as if today will be a rather cloudy day, hazy sun and just possibly swellups this evening. Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler ) Last night min. 23°C 74°F Yesterday max. 34°C 93°F Yesterday Rain 0.0 mm ( 0" )

Re: Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020 [Re: Marty] #542076 05/01/20 10:08 AM 05/01/20 10:08 AM
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Marty OP	Belizeans, particularly in the north, were woken up by the strong smell of smoke during the early hours before sunrise today. It seems that as the winds shifted to the north east last night they carried smoke from wild fires in Mexico down to the country. Reports are that there are uncontrollable wild fires producing huge smoke waves in Coloña Diego Rojas, Bacalar, Mexico. Residents of the area are battling with extinguishing the blaze. The smoke is causing much respiratory problems as there are more fires like these in the surrounding areas. Heavy smoke blankets the state of Quintana Roo and neighboring Chetumal City across the border. Ambergris Today Last edited by Marty; 05/01/20 10:08 AM.

Re: Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020 [Re: Marty] #542082 05/01/20 12:35 PM 05/01/20 12:35 PM
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Marty OP	Present Condition: Mostly sunny, a bit smoky. 24hr Forecast: Sunny skies with a few cloudy spells during the daytime and partly cloudy skies tonight. Showers will be isolated along with the chance of an isolated thunderstorm inland or in the south.

Re: Belize Weather Forecast: May 1, 2020 [Re: Marty] #542084 05/01/20 03:52 PM 05/01/20 03:52 PM
Joined: Oct 1999 Posts: 81,141 oregon, spr Marty OP .
Marty OP	From Belmopan: Some of the small clouds coming down from the north are developing now and encountering the high level winds from the SW. . As a result, some are now starting to swell up into unstable cumulus clouds, which may turn into cumulonimbus clouds dropping rain. Looks like much of the western Toledo is getting rain right now or soon, and other clouds coming down through the Orange Walk district, might, just might be bringing rain into Cayo a little later this afternoon. Cant see anything outside, the smoke in the sky, makes it hard to see what the clouds are doing, but I will go by what my body can feel, there is rain about, just not sure where yet.

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