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Belize Weather Forecast: April 3, 2021


General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy on the mainland this morning. Mostly clear and windy in San Pedro. A northeasterly airflow dominates our weather.
Advisories: *Small Craft Warning is in effect for gusty winds and rough seas. Small crafts should remain in safe harbor.*
24-hour forecast: Sunny skies tiday with a few cloudy spells. Tonight skies will be partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times. Shower activity will be isolated today and tonight. Expect a few early morning showers mainly south on Sunday.
Winds: N-NE, 10-20 kts
Sea State: Moderate - Rough
Waves: 5-7 ft.
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 82
Outlook: For Sunday and Sunday night is for cloudy spells along with a few showers.
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:


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The Caribbean Sea

A cold front extends from eastern Cuba to eastern Honduras. Isolated to widely scattered showers are noted north of 16N and west of 73W. Earlier ASCAT scatterometer data indicated fresh to strong N-NE winds west of the cold front, along with seas in the 5-8 ft range, highest south of the Yucatan Channel.

A surface trough extends across northern Colombia to the Colombia-Panama border and beyond into the eastern Pacific Ocean. Deep convection is noted across northern and western Colombia producing frequent lightning and very heavy rainfall. Please refer to the forecasts and the weather bulletins from your local meteorological offices for more details.

Fresh to strong winds are noted in the south-central Caribbean due to a tight pressure gradient between the trough over northern Colombia and high pressure ridging northeast of the basin. Moderate to locally fresh trades dominate the remainder of the basin southeast of the cold front, except variable 5-10 kt winds across the approach to the Windward Passage. Seas are in the 4-7 ft range southeast of the cold front, except 3 ft or less across the approach to the Windward Passage.

The cold front will reach from the Windward Passage to near the Honduras-Nicaragua border later today where it will stall and gradually dissipate through the weekend. 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.


  High Low
Coastal 28° C
83° F
22° C
72° F
Inland 30° C
86° F
19° C
66° F
Hills 23° C
74° F
16° C
60° F
TIDES:
Low: 7:25 AM High: 1:58 PM
Low: 9:55 PM High: 4:48 AM (Sun)
Sunrise: 5:46 AM Moonset: 10:51 AM
Sunset: 6:06 PM Moonrise: 12:33 AM (Sun)




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


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Satellite images see the advance of the cold front stretching from the eastern part of Cuba, to part of Belize generating cloudiness, and weak to moderate rain rainfall over eastern Cuba as well as north winds.

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On Ambergris Caye this morning the appearance of calm is deceptive. Our barrier reef is in the lee of the island. A 20 mph wind from the North is on the windward.
Advisories: *Small Craft Warning is in effect for gusty winds and rough seas. Small crafts should remain in safe harbor.*

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A really mixed bad of weather this morning. The cool air from the north still predominating the area, but the Caribbean air is starting to try to push back. But there are traces of other air moving in from the west, and the surface wind is from the SW, all a bit complex, due to different air movements at different altitudes, some reacting with others. The weather is changing.

Looks as if the north will have a sunny day, central and south a mixed day, of cloud, sunshine, heavy cloud, could even be some scattered rain showers.

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Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last Night 20°C 68°F 30°C 86°F Yesterday Rain 2 mm ( 0.1")

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Major clearing since this morning all over the country, some clouds remain, mostly in the south and west... Still clear in San Pedro!

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Present Condition: Partly cloudy, clear and windy in San Pedro. A relatively moist northeasterly airflow prevails over the area.

24hr Forecast: Sunny with a few cloudy spells today becoming cloudy at times tonight. Shower activity will be isolated this afternoon with a few showers occuring mainly over central and southern areas late tonight into tomorrow morning.

Outlook: Some cloudy spells with a few showers developing mainly along the south coast and offshore Sunday afternoon through midday Monday.

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Sunset over Belize City Saturday night. Photo by Will Moreno

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