Belize Weather Forecast: April 16, 2022

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Clear skies throughout the country, including in San Pedro. Moderate and dry easterly airflow. Seasonally warm and dry weather continues.
Advisories: Small craft caution is in effect for occasionally gusty winds and locally rough seas.
24-hour forecast: Mostly sunny today and partly cloudy tonight. Little or no rain is expected.
Winds: E, 10-20 kts
Sea State: Choppy
Waves: 3-5 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 83
Outlook: (Sun & Sun night) Continuing mainly fair and warm weather.
Sargassum Forecast from April 13 to April 20: More Sargassum mats are expected to drift onto beaches across the country during the coming days. San Pedro has a high probability with a moderate 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

The Caribbean Sea

An earlier scatterometer pass observed fresh to strong trade winds persisting off the coast of Colombia and in the Gulf of Venezuela, due to the pressure gradient between high pressure over the central Atlantic and lower pressure over northern South America. Seas are up to 10 ft south of 15N off Colombia. Fresh trade winds cover the remainder of the eastern and central Caribbean, where seas are 5 to 7 ft. Moderate trade winds are elsewhere over the northwest Caribbean with 3 to 5 ft seas. Meanwhile, a middle to upper level trough is supporting scattered showers across the Windward Passage.

For the forecast, the pressure gradient between high pressure located just SE of Bermuda and low pressure over Colombia will continue to support fresh to strong trades over the south-central Caribbean through Sat night. Looking ahead, a cold front may approach the Yucatan Channel by mid 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://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