Present Condition: Clear skies throughout the country, including San Pedro. Generally fair weather prevails.
24hr Forecast: Sunny today and partly cloudy skies tonight. Showers or thunderstorms will be isolated.
Outlook: Between Tuesday midday and Wednesday afternoon is for an increase in showers and thunderstorms along the coast and over the south with the approach and passage of a tropical wave.
Tropical wave party. Weather analysis shows low pressure north of the Yucatan peninsula. It will be combined with the arrival of tropical wave no. 16. Two other tropical waves are in the Caribbean.
Flood Report and Forecast for today July 26, 2021River Conditions REGION 7 - Levels recorded today on the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek, San Antonio, San Roman, Santa Cruz and Douglas to the Coast are below normal and steady. On the NEW RIVER below normal levels were recorded at Tower Hill and near normal and steady levels at Caledonia.
REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER, reservoir levels at all BECOL facilities are below the spillways; and at San Ignacio, levels are below the low-level bridge and steady. Levels on the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town is near normal and steady.
Levels on the BELIZE RIVER at the Double Run is below normal and steady. The CROOKED TREE LAGOON remains below the causeway and steady.
REGION 11 - Levels recorded on the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun is below normal and steady. Levels on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village is near normal and steady. River levels in watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS is below normal and steady. The SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge is below normal and steady. The Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER is below normal and steady. Levels on the DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank is below normal and steady. The RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia is above normal and continues to fall slowly; and at Big Falls South, levels are near normal and steady. Levels on the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan is now below normal and continues to fall. Levels on the TEMASH RIVER at Crique Sarco is above normal and continues to fall.
REGION 13 - On the SARSTOON RIVER, levels are normal and steady.
FLOOD FORECAST REGION 7 - Levels on the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek, San Antonio, San Roman, Santa Cruz and Douglas to the Coast, no significant change in river levels is expected. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill and at Caledonia, no significant change in river levels is expected.
REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER, at all BECOL facilities, reservoir levels are expected to remain below the spillways; and at San Ignacio, levels are expected to remail below the low-level bridge. On the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town, no significant change in river levels is expected.
On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, no significant change in river levels is expected; and on the CROOKED TREE LAGOON, lagoon levels are expected to remain below the ccauseway.
REGION 11 - On the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun, no significant change in river levels is expected. On the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village, no significant change in river levels is expected. In the watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, the SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge, and the Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER, and the DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank, no significant change in river levels is expected. On the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South, levels are expected fall to below normal levels. On the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan, levels are expected to become steady. On the TEMASH RIVER at Crique Sarco above normal levels are expected to continue to decrease.
REGION 13 - On the SARSTOON RIVER, normal and steady levels are expected.
THE NEXT FLOOD REPORT AND FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED ON JULY 28, 2021