Belize Weather Forecast: April 27, 2022 General Situation: Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just after this post! Belize NMS: Present Condition: Clouds cover much of the country this morning, including in San Pedro. Moist and unstable weather conditions will prevail today. Advisories: None. 24-hour forecast: Skies will be cloudy at times. Some showers, a few thunderstorms and periods of rain will occur around the country this morning, continuing especially over southern and inland areas this afternoon before a decrease over inland areas tonight. Winds: NE, 5-15 kts Sea State: Light Chop Waves: 2-4 ft Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 84 Outlook: For Thursday and Thursday night is for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms at first, decreasing in the afternoon and night. Sargassum Forecast from April 26 to May 4: The heavy influx of sargassum will continue for the next few days as satellite imagery shows several more sargassum mats heading towards the country. 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: The Caribbean Sea Abundant moisture and divergence aloft is producing numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms across the SW Caribbean Sea, primarily south of 15N and west of 76W. Deep convection is also across much of northern into central Venezuela, and portions of Colombia. Fresh to strong NE-E winds are blowing across the approach and through the Windward Passage, in the lee of Cuba, south of Hispaniola, and in the south-central Caribbean offshore of northern Colombia. Moderate to fresh winds prevail elsewhere, except gentle in the far SW Caribbean outside of any deep convection. Seas are 4 to 6 ft in the central Caribbean, locally 7 ft near the coast of Colombia, and 3 to 5 ft elsewhere. For the forecast, high pressure located north of the Caribbean Sea will support pulsing fresh to locally strong NE to E winds across the Windward Passage and south of Hispaniola, mainly at night, during the next several days. Similar conditions will occur this morning and again tonight near the northern coast of Colombia and in the lee of eastern Cuba. Otherwise, moderate to locally fresh easterly winds will prevail, except gentle winds in the SW Caribbean. Periodic showers and thunderstorms are expected in the SW Caribbean today. Northerly swell will move into Atlantic waters and through Caribbean passages through the end of the week. A surge of wind will accompany a trough that will move through the eastern to central Caribbean this weekend.   High Low Coastal 29° C 85° F 25° C 77° F Inland 32° C 89° F 21° C 70° F Hills 23° C 74° F 19° C 66° F TIDES, SUNRISE & MOONRISE: High: 8:13 AM Low: 2:02 PM High: 8:34 PM Low: 2:17 AM (Thu) Sunrise: 5:28 AM Moonset: 3:43 PM Sunset: 6:12 PM Moonrise: 4:08 AM (Thu) Four Day Weather Outlook: 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

On Ambergris Caye this morning we have a cooling rain washing the dust away and making the flowers happy. The sea around our barrier reef is calm from a 9 mph Northeast breeze. The expected high temperature for the day is 85 f.

Awesome owl!

The easterly Caribbean winds are being nudged downwards slightly by yet another swirl of weather over North America. The result is that there is a lot of mid to high level west cloud over the whole area and causing a fair bit of rain in many places.

Looks as if it will be cloudy for almost everywhere this morning and perhaps much of the day. Rain patches probably continuing on and off during the day.

Last Night 23 °C 73 °F Yesterday max. 32 °C 89 °F Yesterday Rain 13.7 mm ( 0.5 " ) Over Night Rain 3.5 mm ( 0.1

Good Morning from Ambergris Caye!
A little rain to start the morning. Photos by Marlena Gomez

Present Condition: Partly cloudy on the mainland. Mostly sunny with a few clouds in San Pedro. Moist northeasterly airflow prevailing.

24hr Forecast: Cloudy skies today with sunny spells. Tonight skies will be cloudy. A few showers and isolated thunderstorms will be scattered across the country this afternoon but more so over inland areas. Tonight and tomorrow morning these activity will develop mainly along coastal areas.

Outlook: For Thursday afternoon is for cloudy intervals along with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms developing mainly along southern coastal and inland areas, then on Thursday night thru to Friday midday is for a few showers to develop mainly along south.





Meteorological analysis shows combination of low-level trough and upper-level instability and divergence.



Flood Report and Forecast for today April 27, 2022

River Conditions

REGION 7 - On the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek North, and downstream at Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Roman, and Douglas, levels are below normal and steady. On the NEW RIVER at Tower Hill levels are below normal, and at Caledonia, levels are normal and steady.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER, reservoir levels at all BECOL facilities remain below the spillways; and at San Ignacio, levels remain below the low-level bridge.

The MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town is normal and steady.

On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, levels are below normal and steady; lagoon levels on the CROOKED TREE LAGOON are below the causeway and steady.

REGION 11 - On the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun, levels are near normal and steady. The SOUTHERN LAGOON at Gales Point Village is normal and steady.

In watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, levels are near normal and steady; and the SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge, is normal and steady.

On the Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER, and the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South, all levels are below normal and steady. Levels on the DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank is below normal and have increased minimally.

On the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan, and on the TEMASH RIVER at Crique Sarco, below normal and steady levels continue.

REGION 13 - The SARSTOON RIVER is normal and steady.

FLOOD FORECAST

REGION 7 - On the RIO HONDO at Blue Creek North, and downstream at Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Roman, and Douglas to the coast, and on the NEW RIVER, at Tower Hill and Caledonia, no significant change expected.

REGION 9 - On the MACAL RIVER, at all BECOL facilities, reservoir levels are expected to remain below the spillway; and at San Ignacio, levels are expected to remain below the low-level bridge. On the MOPAN RIVER at Benque Viejo Town, no significant change in river levels expected. On the BELIZE RIVER at Double Run, and, on the CROOKED TREE LAGOON, no significant change in river levels expected.

REGION 11 - On the SIBUN RIVER at Freetown Sibun, and on the SOUTHERN LAGOON near Gales Point Village, no significant change in river levels expected. In watersheds on the EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MAYAN MOUNTAINS, and, on the SITTEE RIVER at Kendal Bridge, river levels are expected to increase to above normal levels.

On the Swasey and Bladen branches of the MONKEY RIVER, and on the RIO GRANDE at San Pedro Columbia and Big Falls South, river levels are expected to increase to normal levels. The DEEP RIVER at Medina Bank is expected to continue to increase becoming normal levels.

Levels on the MOHO RIVER at Blue Creek South and Jordan, and on the TEMASH RIVER at Crique Sarco, are expected to increase minimally.

REGION 13 - No significant change in river levels expected on the SARSTOON RIVER.

The next Flood Report and Forecast will be issued as necessary.

Rainy evening at Belizean Dreams Resort.in Hopkins. Photo by Hopkins Uncut