Belize Weather Forecast: April 2, 2021

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Lots of clouds this morning, especially south of Belize City and in the west. A cold front is on the way. Mostly clear and windy in San Pedro. Relatively moist conditions prevail over the area.
Advisories: *A small craft caution will go into effect this afternoon and likely to be upgraded to a warning later tonight.*
24-hour forecast: Cloudy with suny breaks today along with a few showers and possible isolated thunderstorms developing mainly along coastal and southern areas. Partly cloudy tonight with a few showers, mainly south, decresing.
Winds: N-NE, 10-20 kts
Sea State: Moderate
Waves: 4-6 ft.
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 82
Outlook: Partly cloudy skies with isolated showers expected on Saturday and Saturday night.
Sargassum Forecast from March 30 to April 13: A few sargassum mats are likely to drift into the area during the coming weeks. San Pedro has a medium probability and a moderate 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:

Live Beach Cam at Blue Water Grill

The Caribbean Sea

A cold front is entering the northwest Caribbean Sea, extending from western Cuba near 23N82W to just south of the Yucatan Peninsula to across the northern Yucatan Peninsula. An earlier ASCAT scatterometer pass showed fresh to strong northerly winds already arriving behind the front, with seas up to 8 ft near the Yucatan Channel.

A moderate pressure gradient across the south-central Caribbean between high pressure east of Bermuda and a 1006 mb low over northern Colombia is producing strong to near-gale force NE to E trades in the south-central Caribbean. Seas are up to 9-10 ft in the area of the strongest winds. Moderate to fresh trades are noted elsewhere in the Caribbean sea, except light and variable winds are mainly north of 18N between Haiti and 79W. Seas are 5-7 ft in the north-central and eastern Caribbean with mainly 3-5 ft seas in the northwest Caribbean ahead of the front. No significant deep convection is occurring over the Caribbean waters, but patches of scattered showers are possible in the southwest and south-central Caribbean, and deep convection is noted over inland portions of northern Colombia.

The cold front will move across the northwest Caribbean today, then stall and dissipate across the northwest Caribbean through Sat. Fresh to strong winds will follow the front, persisting in the Lee of Cuba and across the approach to the Windward Passage through the weekend. High pressure in the Atlantic will support fresh to strong trade winds in the south-central Caribbean through early next week, with the highest winds near the Colombia coast. Moderate to fresh trade winds will prevail elsewhere across the east and central Caribbean.

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