Belize Weather Forecast: May 16, 2021

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy skies this morning. Mostly clear and windy in San Pedro. Generally fair weather prevails.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny with cloudy spells today and partly cloudy skies tonight. Showers or thunderstorms will be isolated.
Winds: E, 5-15 kts
Sea State: Slight
Waves: 1-3 ft.
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 85
Outlook: For Monday and Monday night is for only isolated showers.
Sargassum Forecast from May 11 to May 19: Satellite imagery continue to show an abundance of Sargassum over the northwest Caribbean Sea. It is very likely that some of these mats could make their way to coastal areas, especially over central and northern parts of the country. San Pedro has a high probability and a major 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

The monsoon trough extends from NW Colombia near 11N74W through the Colombia/Panama border and into the eastern Pacific Ocean. A middle to upper level trough extends from the central Tropical Atlantic SW to the central Caribbean along 75W, producing fair weather. At the surface high pressure centered across the NE Atlantic extends W-SW to the southern Bahamas and is supporting fresh to strong tradewinds across the south central Caribbean south of 14N. Gentle to model trades prevail elsewhere. Widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are seen within 120 nm of the coast of Nicaragua, and across the Yucatan Channel to the Isle of Youth, Cuba.

The current Atlantic Ocean ridge will shift eastward and weaken, diminishing winds and seas modestly tonight through Mon. Trade winds will increase basin wide Wed night through Thu night as high pressure builds across the W Atlc.

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