General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just after this post!
Belize NMS:
Present Condition: Some light cloud cover over part of the mainland this morning, much less so in the north. Light cloud cover in San Pedro. Moderate and relatively moist easterly airflow.
Advisories: Small craft caution for gusty winds and locally rough seas near heavy showers and thunderstorms.
24-hour forecast:
Sunny with cloudy spells today and cloudy at times tonight. A few showers and thunderstorms will affect mainly central and northern areas today, then mostly southern districts tonight.
Winds: E, 10-20 kts
Sea State:
Choppy - Moderate
Waves: 3-6 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 85
Outlook:
(Sun & Sun night) Cloudy at times with a few showers or thunderstorms over most areas Sunday morning, and over the south Sunday night; with only isolated showers otherwise.
Sargassum Forecast from August 4 to August 10:
Impacts from sargassum along beaches across the country are expected to be minimal to moderate during the next few days. San Pedro has a medium probability with a moderate impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico during the next 48 hours.
Click for more of the tropical weather outlook...
Marine Conditions:
Phoenix Resort in San Pedro
The Caribbean Sea
There are three tropical waves in the Atlantic, and one in the Caribbean.
The gradient between subtropical high pressure and lower pressure
over the southwestern Caribbean is supporting fresh easterly
winds across the central and eastern Caribbean, including the
Windward Passage. Seas are generally 6-8 ft. A small area of fresh
to strong northeast to east inds along the coast of Colombia is
building seas to around 9 ft. In the northeastern Caribbean,
winds are gentle to moderate with relatively low seas of 2-4 ft.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are over the majority of
western half of the basin. Similar activity is just offshore Cuba
and Haiti. Patches of moisture in the form of low-level clouds
along with isolated showers and thunderstorms are moving westward
in the trade wind flow over the eastern Caribbean.
For the forecast, the fresh to strong trade winds over the south-
central Caribbean to along the coast of Colombia will continue
through Tue night. Winds will freshen over the eastern Caribbean
through Sun with the passage of a tropical wave. Gentle to
moderate winds and slight seas will continue over the northwestern
Caribbean into early next week. Mainly fresh winds are expected
in the Gulf of Honduras tonight, Sun night and Wed night.
For the first time since the morning of July 13, the National Hurricane Center's Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook has an area of potential development over the next five days: 20% for a tropical wave that will emerge into the eastern Atlantic.
For further information on tropical conditions, check the daily Tropical Weather Outlook, click here
Present Condition: Partly cloudy throughout the country, including in San Pedro. Clouds are thicker in the south. Relatively moist and unstable conditions prevail.
24hr Forecast: Cloudy spells with a few showers and isolated thunderstorms over central and northern areas this aftenoon, then mainly over the southern districts tonight. Showers will be isolated elsewhere.
Outlook: Between Sunday afternoon and Monday midday is for isolated showers or isolated thunderstorms except for a few more over the southern districts Sunday night.
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