Belize Weather Forecast: January 20, 2022

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Partly cloudy on the mainland, less so in the east. Partly cloudy skies right now in San Pedro. A light easterly airflow prevailing.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny skies today with a few cloudy spells. Tonight skies will be partly cloudy. Showers will be isolated.
Winds: E, 5-15 kts
Sea State: Light Chop
Waves: 2-4 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81
Outlook: For Friday and Friday night is for cloudy spells along with a few coastal showers.
Sargassum Forecast from January 18 to January 26: Chances of significant amounts of Sargassum reaching our shores during the next few days are very low. San Pedro has a low probability with a minimal impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook: The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season has ended, warnings will resume on May 15, 2022. Click for more of the tropical weather outlook...

Marine Conditions:

Phoenix Resort in San Pedro | Click here for view at the airport/sunset

The Caribbean Sea

A surface trough is analyzed from near Key West, Florida across western Cuba to near 19N84W. Recent scatterometer data show the wind shift associated with the trough. Low level clouds and possible showers are near the trough axis. Elsewhere, shallow moisture embedded in the trade wind flow will continue to move across the basin producing isolated to scattered passing showers.

Other than the strong to gale force winds over the south-central Caribbean, fresh to locally strong winds and seas of 5 to 7 ft are present across the eastern Caribbean, with moderate trade winds and seas of 3 to 5 ft over the NW part of the basin.

For the forecast, the pressure gradient between high pressure across the W Atlantic and the Colombian low will continue to support pulsing winds to minimal gale force within about 90 nm of the coast of Colombia tonight and Fri night. Seas will build to 10-12 ft with these winds. The aerial extent of the fresh to strong trade winds has increased and will cover mainly the waters between 68W and 80W through Fri. Generally moderate to fresh trades will prevail elsewhere. A weakening cold front is forecast to enter the far NW Caribbean on Sun.

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://sanpedrowx.com/
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:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/caye-caulker-village