Belize Weather Forecast: July 10, 2021

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Partly cloudy in the south, mostly clear in the north. Mostly clear and windy in San Pedro. A moderate easterly airflow prevailing over the area.
Advisories: A Small Craft Warning is in effect for gusty winds and rough seas. Small crafts should remain in safe harbor. There is the possibility for flooding in low-lying and flood prone areas over the Toledo district, due to heavy rains overnight.
24-hour forecast: Today skies will be mostly sunny. Tonight skies will be partly cloudy. Shower activity will be generally isolated.
Winds: E, 10-20 kts Gusty
Sea State: Moderate- Rough
Waves: 4-7 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 86
Outlook: For Sunday and Sunday night is for partly cloudy skies and shower activity will be isolated.
Sargassum Forecast from July 7 to July 14: There is a medium to high chance of new sargassum mats landing on beaches across the country during the next few days. San Pedro has a high probability and a moderate impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico within the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

Strong to near-gale force trade winds and 8 to 12 ft seas are noted across much of the central Caribbean, between high pressure north of the area and lower pressure over Colombia and western Venezuela. A scatterometer satellite pass showed another area of fresh to strong winds in the Gulf of Honduras. Earlier altimeter satellite data indicated seas were possibly reaching 8 ft over the Gulf of Honduras, although this may be subsiding. Moderate to fresh easterly winds are noted elsewhere, with 5 to 7 ft seas in the eastern Caribbean and 4 to 6 ft seas in the northwest Caribbean. A sharp upper trough reaches from over Haiti southward toward Panama. Associated divergent flow aloft along with convergent trade wind flow in the lower levels is supporting scattered showers and thunderstorms over the far southwest Caribbean from the coast of Colombia to southeast Nicaragua.

For the forecast, high pressure centered north of the area combined with the Colombian low will support strong to occasionally near gale force trade winds over the south-central Caribbean through mid week. Strong trades in the Gulf of Honduras will diminish Sun, but fresh trades will pulse nightly through the middle of next week.

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

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Mostly quiet for the next week or so.