General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS:
Present Condition: Mostly cloudy this morning except in the far north and in the south along the shoreline. A cold front is affecting the country.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast:
Variably cloudy with a few showers, isolated thunderstorms and periods of rain, especially over the southern districts this afternoon and tonight.
Winds: N-NW, 5-15 kts Sea State: Slight
Waves: 1-3 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81
Outlook:
For Saturday and Saturday night is for variably cloudy skies with a few showers or periods of rain mainly over the south.
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).
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Marine Conditions:
The Caribbean Sea
Broad upper level anticyclonic wind flow is pushing high level
moisture across the Caribbean Sea. Water vapor satellite imagery
show a ridge from northern Venezuela and northern Colombia to
Panama and Costa Rica.
A cold front passes through Florida near Fort Myers, into the
southeast Gulf of Mexico, across the Yucatan Channel to the
Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Isolated moderate showers are along
the frontal boundary.
The monsoon trough extends from northern Colombia near 11N73W,
across southern sections of Panama, and into the eastern Pacific
Ocean. Isolated showers are near the trough axis.
Broken to overcast clouds and scattered showers span the rest of
the Caribbean Sea, moving with the low level wind flow.
The cold front across the Yucatan Channel will stall and weaken
across the NW Caribbean through Saturday. Fresh trade winds will
prevail across the basin Saturday through Tuesday. Nightly
pulses of strong winds are expected off the Colombia coast, with
near gale-force winds possible Monday night.
On Ambergris Caye this morning it's sunny and the sea around our barrier reef is calmed from an 11 mph North breeze. Today's expected high temperature is 80 f.
Well that cold front forecasted for yesterday has finally crossed over Belize, without all those thunderstorms and rain. There is, however a fair amount of cloud, blanketing much of Belize at present, and probably much of the morning, although there are some areas of bright sunshine, but probably a low chance of rain anywhere, although there is a line off shore, where the cold is pushing against the Caribbean air, where there could be some rain.
Looks as if today will be a mixture of thick, and thin cloud and areas of sunshine, but probably little or no rain.
Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler ) Last Night 22°C 71°F Yesterday 29°C 84°F Yesterday Rain 0 mm ( 0")
Present Condition: Mostly cloudy, some clearing in the south. The passage of a cold front is affecting the country.
24hr Forecast: Cloudy skies. A few showers or periods of rain will develop mainly along southern districts tonight and tomorrow.
Outlook: For Saturday afternoon thru to Sunday afternoon is for variably cloudy and cool weather with periods of rain developing mainly along southern coastal areas.
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