Belize Weather Forecast: February 5, 2021 General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post! Belize NMS: Present Condition: Thin clouds over the country this morning except for a thin strip along the shoreline. Clearing early today. Fair and warmer conditions settling in. Advisories: None. 24-hour forecast: Mostly sunny today and clear to partly cloudy tonight with little to no rainfall. Winds: SE, 5-15 kts Sea State: Light Chop Waves: 2-4 ft. Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 80 Outlook: Saturday and Saturday night is for fair and warm conditions. Sargassum Forecast from February 3 to February 10: There continues to be a medium chance of Sargassum affecting local beaches in the coming days producing moderate impacts. 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 through the western sections of Haiti near 20N72W to Panama near 09N80W. Isolated showers are within 120 nm to the W and NW of the stationary front. A surface trough extends from 22N65W in the Atlantic Ocean, to NW Puerto Rico, to Lake Maracaibo in NW Venezuela. Isolated showers are apparent with the surface trough. A surface trough extends from 11N74W in northern Colombia, to beyond 08N80W in Panama, and into the eastern Pacific Ocean. No significant deep convective precipitation is apparent with the surface trough. Broken to overcast low level clouds, and isolated showers, span the rest of the Caribbean Sea, moving with the surface-to-low level wind flow. The stationary front will weaken and gradually dissipate today. High pressure building north of the Caribbean Sea will support fresh to strong trade winds near the coast of Colombia through Monday.   High Low Coastal 29° C 84° F 24° C 76° F Inland 31° C 88° F 20° C 68° F Hills 23° C 74° F 17° C 62° F TIDES: Low: 9:43 AM High: 3:59 PM Low: 11:50 PM High: 6:21 AM (Sat) Sunrise: 6:23 AM Moonset: 12:18 PM Sunset: 5:50 PM Moonrise: 1:41 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

Mainly clear sunny skies, with a little Caribbean clouds coming in from the SE.

Looks like today will be a sunny day, no rain expected.



Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last Night 19°C 66°F Yesterday 25°C 78°F Yesterday Rain 0 mm ( 0")

On Ambergris Caye this morning we have a wind from the Southeast at 16 mph. The expected high temperature for the day is set at 84 f.

Present Condition: Mostly clear skies. Fair and dry conditions continues to dominate our weather.

24hr Forecast: Mostly sunny skies today. Tonight skies will partly cloudy becoming clear at times. No rainfall is expected.

Outlook: For Saturday afternoon thur to Sunday afternoon is for continuing fair and warm weather with little or no rainfall.





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Flood Report and Forecast for February 5, 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 have increased minimally. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and Caledonia levels are above normal and have increased minimally.

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 above normal and falling. The BELIZE RIVER at Double Run is above normal and falling. The CROOKED TREE LAGOON remains at FLOOD STAGE and continues to fall slowly.

REGION 11 - Levels on the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun is normal and steady. Levels on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village is near normal and falling. The watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS are normal and steady. The SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge is normal and steady. The Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER are below normal and falling. Levels on the DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank are below normal and steady. Levels on the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South are below normal and steady. On the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan levels are near normal and falling. On the TEMASH RIVER near Crique Sarco 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, no significant change is expected. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and Caledonia, no significant change is expected.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER. reservoir levels are 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, no significant change is expected.

On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, river levels are expected to become normal. On the CROOKED TREE LAGOON, FLOOD STAGE levels are expected to decrease to above normal levels.

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. no significant change is expected. In watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, normal and steady levels are expected. On the SITTEE RIVER, at Kendal Bridge no significant change is expected. On the Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER, no significant change is expected. On the DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank no significant change is expected. On the RIO GRANDE, MOHO, and TEMASH RIVERS, no significant change is expected.

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 Monday February 8, 2021 at 12 pm.

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