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. Relatively moist and unstable conditions prevail over the area.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast:
Cloudy at times with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms around the country, but especially inland and south.
Winds: E, 10-20 kts Sea State:
Choppy
Waves: 3-5 ft.
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 85
Outlook:
For Monday and Monday night is for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms to continue affecting the country, but especially southern areas.
Sargassum Forecast from May 18 to May 26:
The chances of sargassum affecting local beaches continue to be high as satellite imagery shows several sargassum mats over the northwest Caribbean Sea. San Pedro has a high probability and a moderate impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook:
At 3:00 am Tropical Storm Ana was centered near latitude 35.7N and longitude 60.5W or about 340miles northeast of Bermuda. Ana was moving to the northeast at 12mph with maximum sustained winds near 45mph.
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Marine Conditions:
Live Beach Cam at Blue Water Grill
The Caribbean Sea
Isolated thunderstorms are noted in the eastern Caribbean near the
Lesser Antilles, from 11N to 15N between 62W to 66W. Scattered
moderate to isolated strong convection is noted in the SW
Caribbean near Colombia, S of 12N between 76W to 83W. Isolated
thunderstorms are also noted in the Gulf of Honduras. Fresh to
strong easterly winds prevail across the south-central Caribbean.
Moderate to fresh easterly winds prevail elsewhere. Seas are in
the 6 to 8 ft range over the central Caribbean and 4 to 7 ft
elsewhere.
For the forecast, high pressure across the western Atlantic will
support fresh to strong winds and 6 to 10 ft seas across the
central Caribbean through Wed night. Fresh to locally strong
winds are expected in the lee of Cuba through Mon.
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Ana, located a few hundred miles northeast of Bermuda.
Tropical Storm Ana is centered near 35.7N 60.5W at 23/0900 UTC
or 300 nm NE of Bermuda moving NE at 10 kt. Estimated minimum
central pressure is 1006 mb. Maximum sustained wind speed is 40
kt with gusts to 50 kt. Scattered moderate convection is within 90
nm in the western semicircle. Seas up to 12 ft extend 90 nm in the
western semicircle, in the NE quadrant, and 60 nm in the SE
quadrant. Ana is expected to continue moving northeast with an
increase in forward speed is expected during the next day or so.
Slight weakening is expected over the next 24 hours and Ana is
expected to dissipate by Monday.
For further information on tropical conditions, check the daily Tropical Weather Outlook, click here.
The easterly Caribbean winds have a fair amount of clouds in them, and are clashing with the high level in a few places, mainly Toledo, but also up north and now some in central Belize. This is causing rain in several places.
I expect these rains to continue, on and off for much of this morning, and probably dry up by this afternoon, but generally stay rather cloudy for much of the day.
Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler ) Last Night 24°C 75°F Yesterday max. 31°C 88°F Yesterday Rain 0.9 mm ( 0") This Morning Rain 4.4 mm ( 0.2" )
Present Condition: Mostly cloudy, partly cloudy and windy in San Pedro. Moist and unstable conditions prevail.
24hr Forecast: Generally cloudy with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms around the country, but especially over inland areas and the southern districts.
Outlook: Is for similar weather conditions between Monday afternoon and Tuesday midday.
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