Belize Weather Forecast: January 6, 2021 General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post! Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy this morning. Relatively moist conditions prevail. Advisories: None. 24-hour forecast: Some cloudy spells with showers being isolated and slightly more occurring over the north today. Then mainly fair conditions with only isolated showers tonight. Winds: Light + Variable, kts Sea State: Slight Waves: 1-3 ft Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81 Outlook: Mainly fair conditons with isolated showers or thunderstorms on Thursday. Then a few showers, periods of rain and thunderstorms will affect most places Thursday night, especially the south and coast. Sargassum Forecast from January 5, 2020 to January 13, 2021: There is the chance of a few sargassum mats drifting into the area this week but impacts are expected to remain minimal to moderate. San Pedro has a medium probability and a moderate expected impact. Tropical Weather Outlook: There are no organized tropical features across the Atlantic basin at this time. Updates will resume at the beginning of the 2021 hurricane season (June 1). Click for more... Marine Conditions: The Caribbean Sea A stationary front passes from central Cuba to near Tulum, Mexico. Scattered moderate convection is associated within 120 miles either side of the boundary, mainly W of 85W, close to the Mexican coast. The monsoon trough extends from northern Colombia near 11N73W, across Panama, beyond NW Costa Rica, and into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Scattered convection has developed south of this trough. Elsewhere across the basin, moderate trade winds prevail. Scattered moderate convection has developed south of Hispaniola, and scattered fast-moving showers and thunderstorms are pushing west toward the coast of Nicaragua. Locally strong easterly winds are likely pulsing early this morning off the coast of Colombia. Generally moderate trades will prevail over the basin into late week, with nightly pulses of strong winds expected off the Colombia coast. A stationary front from Cuba to the Yucatan will dissipate tonight. A cold front will enter the Yucatan Channel Thu night and linger in the NW Caribbean through the weekend.   High Low Coastal 29° C 84° F 25° C 76° F Inland 30° C 86° F 22° C 72° F Hills 24° C 75° F 20° C 68° F TIDES: Low: 9:32 AM High: 3:45 PM Low: 10:43 PM High: 4:31 AM (Thu) Sunrise: 6:24 AM Moonset: 12:06 PM Sunset: 5:32 PM Moonrise: 12:46 AM (Thu) 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

On Ambergris Caye this morning we have a calm sea around our barrier reef and rain. The expected high temperature for the day is 84 f.

The easterly Caribbean winds with cloud are slowly moving in over most of Belize this morning. The High level has been doing very active clashing off shore, just to the NE of Corozal area, even causing some high level to come down over San Pedro.

Looks as if today will generally be fairly cloudy but probably not much rain.



Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last Night 22°C 72°F Yesterday 27°C 81°F Yesterday Rain 6.7 mm ( 0.3")

The easterly Caribbean wind is slow over Belize, looks like a line out at sea, where the cold air is now being pushed back by the Caribbean winds. High level activity only up north.



Flood Report & Forecast - Jan. 6, 2021

River Conditions

REGION 7 - On the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek, Santa Cruz. San Antonio, and Douglas, levels are below normal and steady and at San Roman levels are near normal and falling. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and Caledonia levels are above normal and steady.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER reservoir levels at all BECOL facilities are below the spillway and rising slowly; while at San Ignacio, levels are below the low-level bridge and steady. Levels on the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town are near normal and show a minimal rise.

The BELIZE RIVER at Double Run is above normal and rising. The CROOKED TREE LAGOON remains at FLOOD STAGE and steady.

REGION 11 - Levels on the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun are at bank full stage but falling. Levels on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village are near normal and steady. The watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS are normal and steady. The SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge is below normal and steady. On the Swasey and Bladen Branches of the MONKEY RIVER levels are above normal and falling slowly. Levels on the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia are near normal and steady and Big Falls levels are above normal and steady. Levels on the MOHO RIVER at Jordan and Blue Creek South are above normal and steady. Levels on the TEMASH RIVER near Crique Sarco are above normal and steady.

REGION 13 - On the SARSTOON RIVER levels are above normal and steady.

FLOOD FORECAST

REGION 7 - On the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek, Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Roman, Douglas and to the coast, a minimal increase in river levels is expected. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and Caledonia above normal levels are expected to continue.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER at all BECOL facilities, reservoir levels is expected to increase; at San Ignacio, levels am expected to remain below the low-level bridge. On the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town, levels are expected to increase to above normal levels.

On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, above normal and steady levels are expected over the next few days. On the CROOKED TREE LAGOON, FLOOD STAGE is expected to continue over the next few days.

REGION 11 - On the SIBUN RIVER near Freetown Sibun, levels is expected to continue to recede. Normal and steady levels are expected to continue on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village. In watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, normal and steady levels are expected. On the SITTEE RIVER, at Kendal Bridge below normal and steady levels are expected to continue. On the MONKEY RIVER at Swasey and Bladen above normal levels is expected recede to near normal levels. On the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls, steady levels are expected to increase minimally. On the MOHO RIVER at Jordan and Blue Creek South receding levels are expected. Levels on the TEMASH RIVER are expected to recede to near near normal levels.

REGION 13 - On the SARSTOON RIVER. near normal levels are expected.

The next Flood Report and Forecast will be issued on Friday January 8, 2021 at 12 pm

Present Condition: Mostly clear. Generally fair conditions will prevail.

24hr Forecast: Sunny with a few cloudy spells during the daytime and partly cloudy tonight. Showers will be isolated.

Outlook: For Thursday afternoon to Friday midday is for isolated thunderstorms or isolated showers to develop mostly inland thursday afternoon then increase over most areas Thursday night and Friday morning as a cold front approaches.



Live Beach Cam at Blue Water Grill



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Today's Sunset over our beautiful Corozal Town. Photo by the Corozal Daily



A fisherman's paradise! Photo by Hopkins Uncut



Mixed day on Ambergris Caye.. Photo by San Pedro Scoop