Belize Weather Forecast: August 25, 2020

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy this morning. Warm and mostly fair conditions will prevail over most areas.
Advisories: *Residents, especially those inland area advised to avoid direct sunlight as much as possible.*
24-hour forecast: Cloudy spells today with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms inland this afternoon and partly cloudy tonight with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Winds: E, 5-15 kts
Sea State: Slight
Waves: 1-3 ft.
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 86
Outlook: For Wednesday and Wednesday night is for a few showers and thunderstorms mostly over southern and inland areas.
Sargassum Forecast from August 19, 2020 to August 25, 2020: Observations continue to show an abundance of sargassum mats making landfall on beaches across the country and this is expected to continue through to next week. San Pedro has a high probability and a major expected impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook: At 3:00am Tropical Storm Laura was centered near latitude 22.9N, longitude 85.7W, or about 85 miles NW of the Western Tip of Cuba. Laura was moving to the WNW at 17mph with maximum sustained winds of 65mph. No new tropical cyclone is expected to form in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico during the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

An upper level cyclonic circulation center is about 740 nm to the east of T.S. Laura. Upper level cyclonic wind flow covers parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea from 12N to 28N between 60W and 80W. Precipitation: isolated moderate to locally strong covers the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the areas of upper level cyclonic wind flow.

A tropical wave is along 84W/85W, from 16N southward, moving W 10 to 15 knots. The tropical wave is passing through the eastern sections of Honduras, central Nicaragua, and the NW corner of Costa Rica, continuing into the eastern Pacific Ocean. The monsoon trough is along 11N73W in NE Colombia, to 11N80W, to central Nicaragua, through southern Honduras, and southern El Salvador, into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Precipitation: scattered to numerous strong is within 45 nm on either side of the line 11N71W 09N73W 08N75W 06N78W, in Colombia. Isolated moderate to locally strong is elsewhere from 02N to 15N between 73W and 85W, that includes: the SW corner of the Caribbean Sea, the coastal waters of Panama and Colombia in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and any other inland areas.

Tropical Storm Laura center near 22.7N 84.0W 996 mb at 11 PM EDT is moving WNW at 17 kt. The maximum sustained winds are 55 kt gusts 60 kt. Laura will move into the SE Gulf of Mexico to near 23.7N 86.3W on Tuesday morning, with maximum sustained winds 60 kt gusts 75 kt. LAURA will intensify to a hurricane in the central Gulf of Mexico near 25.2N 89.1W Tue evening, with maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts 85 kt. Laura will continue to intensify while moving across the NW Gulf of Mexico through Wed. Atlantic Ocean high pressure gradually will shift southward through the next few days. This will lead to an increase of trade winds in the central and northeast sections of the Caribbean Sea.

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