Belize Weather Forecast: January 25, 2021 General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post! Belize NMS: Present Condition: Partly cloudy this morning. Mainly fair weather prevailing. Advisories: None. 24-hour forecast: Mostly sunny skies today and partly cloudy tonight. Shower activity if any will be isolated. Winds: E-SE, 10-20 kt Sea State: Choppy Waves: 3-5 ft. Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81 Outlook: For Tuesday and Tuesday night is for fair weather to prevail with little or no rainfall. Sargassum Forecast from January 21 to January 27: Impacts from sargassum are expected to continue minimal to moderate this week with the chance of a few mats drifting ashore. 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 Pulsing winds to gale force are expected during the overnight and early morning hours near the coast of Colombia. Elsewhere, mainly moderate to fresh trades will prevail, pulsing to fresh to strong over the Gulf of Honduras tonight through Tue night, with seas building to 6-8 ft by Tue night. Fresh to locally strong winds are also expected in the Windward passage and south of Dominican Republic tonight. Shallow moisture embedded in the trade winds flow is seen across the basin producing isolated to scattered passing showers. Patches of low level moisture with possible light showers, carried by the trade winds, are affecting most of Honduras and north-central Nicaragua. Northerly swell will impact the NE Caribbean passages on Tue with additional pulses of N swell reaching the same area Thu night into Fri. Northerly swell will also propagate into the Tropical North Atlantic waters during the next several days. A reinforcing cold front, currently located along 22N W of 60W will approach the Atlantic waters of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola late today, reaching these islands on Tue, bringing an increase in the likelihood of rain. Another cold front will enter the NW Caribbean on Thu followed by fresh to strong northerly winds.   High Low Coastal 31° C 88° F 26° C 78° F Inland 33° C 92° F 22° C 72° F Hills 27° C 80° F 18° C 65° F TIDES: High: 9:04 AM Low: 1:27 PM High: 7:33 PM Low: 3:08 AM (Tue) Sunrise: 6:25 AM Moonrise: 3:03 PM Sunset: 5:44 PM Moonset: 4:38 AM (Tue) 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 it looks like we have a warm, sunny but windy day ahead.

Nice photo!
Fairly similar weather to yesterday, only the high level clouds are thinner, although one heavy high level cloud going over San Pedro presently. But significant Caribbean clouds building in the south.

Looks as if today will be fairly sunny, but with significant clouds and only a small chance of rain, higher in the south.

Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last Night 23°C 73°F Yesterday 29°C 84°F Yesterday Rain 0.8 mm ( 0")

Flood Report and Forecast for January 25, 2021

River Conditions

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

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER reservoir levels at all BECOL facilities are below the spillway; 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 falling. The BELIZE RIVER at Double Run is above normal and falling. The CROOKED TREE LAGOON remains at FLOOD STAGE and steady.

REGION 11 - Levels on the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun is below normal and falling. Levels on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village is 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 above normal and steady. On MONKEY RIVER at the Swasey Branch levels are normal and steady and at the Bladen Branch levels are below normal and falling. Levels on the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South are below normal and falling. On the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan levels are above normal and falling. On the TEMASH RIVER near Crique Saito levels are below normal and steady.

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

FLOOD FORECAST

REGION 7 - On the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek, Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Roman and Douglas to the coast river levels are expected to remain below normal. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and Caledonia, normal ad steady levels are expected.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER, reservoir levels is expected to remain below the spillway at all BECOL facilities; at San Ignacio, levels are expected to remain below the low-level bridge. On the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town, river levels are expected to become normal. On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, river levels are expected to become normal. On the CROOKED TREE LAGOON, FLOOD STAGE is expected to continue to recede.

REGION 11 - On the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun, no significant change is expected over the next few days. On the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point, normal and steady levels are expected. In watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, no significant change is expected over the next few days. On the SITTEE RIVER. at Kendal Bridge river levels are expected to decrease to near normal over the next few days. On the Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER, no significant change is expected over the next few days. On the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South no significant change is expected over the next few days. On the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan, no significant change is expected over the next few days. Levels on the TEMASH RIVER near Crique Sarco no significant change is expected over the next few days.

REGION 13 - On the SARSTOON RIVER, no significant change is expected over the next few days.

The next Flood Report and Forecast will be issued on Friday January 29. 2021 at 12 pm.

Present Condition: Partly cloudy, more so in the north. Fair conditions prevail over the area. **Small craft caution in effect.**

24hr Forecast: Mostly sunny during the daytime and partly cloudy tonight. Showers, if any will be isolated.

Outlook: For Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday midday is for similar weather conditions to prevail.





Live Beach Cam at Blue Water Grill



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Beautiful day on Caye Caulker. Photo by San Pedro Scoop



Gridlock on my walk. Photo by Tacogirl



This evening’s view in S.P. Photo by Marlena Gomez

Looks as if there could be rain approaching San Pedro area.
The rest of the country mainly sunny and only small amounts of cloud.