General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS:
Present Condition: Mostly clear in the north, mostly cloudy in the south. Sunny in San Pedro. Generally fair weather prevailing, then some changes will come about as a cold front approaches and cross the country late tonight and into tomorrow.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast:
Sunny skies with a few cloudy spells today. Tonight skies will be partly cloudy to cloudy. Showers will be isolated today , then tonight and tomorrow morning expected some showers and isolated thunderstorms to develop mainly along coastal areas and offshore.
Winds: E, 5-10 kts
Sea State:
Slight
Waves: 1-3 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 81
Outlook:
For Saturday and Saturday night is for cloudy spells with a few coastal morning showers and isolated thunderstorms, thereafter expect cool and windy conditions to prevail.
Sargassum Forecast from January 25 to February 2:
There is a small chance of a few sargassum mats affecting portions of the coast during the next few days. Impacts are expected to be minimal. 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.
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Marine Conditions:
Phoenix Resort in San Pedro | Click here for view at the airport/sunset
The Caribbean Sea
A surface trough extends south of the Yucatan Channel from 22N81W
to 20N87W. A trough also extends across the Windward Passage. No
significant convection is noted across the Caribbean at this time.
Strong winds are noted off the coast of Colombia with seas to 8
ft. Light to gentle winds prevail elsewhere with seas 3 to 6 ft.
For the forecast, strong winds will pulse offshore Colombia early
this morning and tonight with mainly moderate trades expected
elsewhere. A cold front will enter the NW Caribbean tonight and
move across the southwest Caribbean by Sat night. Fresh to strong
north to northeast winds will follow the front with rough seas
across the western portion of the basin through the weekend. Fresh
to locally strong winds can be expected over the Windward Passage
Sun through Tue behind the front.
On Ambergris Caye this morning, it's sunny, and the Northwind is blowing at six mph, creating a calm sea around our barrier reef. Today's expected high temperature is set at 85f.
The cold air keeps coming down slowly, now diverting the Caribbean winds out at sea but still easterly over Belize, above the cool front air, causing a fair amount of low cloud and fog. The easterly Caribbean winds have a few heavy cloud patches, some causing rain.
Looks as if today will be rather varied, some sunshine in places, more as the fog lifts, but then more clouds developing and the chance of some odd rain patches, perhaps more by this evening.
Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler ) Last Night 23°C 73°F Yesterday max. 29°C 84°F Yesterday Rain 0.9mm ( 0.04") Over Night Rain 0.1mm ( 0" )
Present Condition: Mostly clear skies, more clouds in the south. Sunny in San Pedro, with a narrow bank of clouds offshore. A cold front will approach the country late tonight and cross by tomorrow morning.
24hr Forecast: Cloudy spells with a few showers mainly inland and south this afternoon, then an increase in cloudiness and showers along with isolated thunderstorms over most areas tonight and especially over coastal areas tomorrow morning.
Outlook: For Saturday afternoon to Sunday midday is for cool and windy conditions with little or no rain except for light rain mostly offshore Saturday afternoon.
Cold front #Pisté (num. 26) Is already located over the Gulf of Mexico and will arrive tonight.
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