Belize Weather Forecast: December 14, 2022

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly sunny over most of the country this morning, a few light clouds in the southwest. Clear skies in San Pedro. East to southeast airflow continues to support generally fair weather.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny skies today with a few cloudy spells. Tonight skies will be partly cloudy to clear. Showers will be isolated.
Winds: E-SE, 10-20 kts
Sea State: Choppy
Waves: 3-5
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 83
Outlook: For Thursday thru to Thursday night is for fair weather to prevail with the chance of inland afternoon thunderstorms developing.
Sargassum Forecast from December 13 to December 27: Little to no impacts from sargassum expected over the next two weeks. San Pedro has a low probability with a minimal impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook: he 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season has ended, warnings will resume on May 15, 2023. Click for more of the tropical weather outlook...

Marine Conditions:

View at the airport/sunset

The Caribbean Sea

Mid to upper-level anti-cyclonic flow prevails across the basin, limiting any shower or thunderstorm activity for most areas. An upper level trough over the Atlantic extends S to the NE Caribbean and is inducing a surface trough that stretches from the Leeward Islands near 17N62W to 12.5N66W. As a result, cloudiness with embedded isolated showers prevails over the SE Caribbean.

Fresh to strong trades are occurring in the south-central Caribbean, while mainly moderate to locally fresh winds prevail elsewhere. Seas are 6-8 ft in the south-central Caribbean and 3-6 ft elsewhere, except up to 6-8 ft in the NE Caribbean passages due to NE swell from the Atlantic.

For the forecast, high pressure building east of Florida will maintain fresh to strong trade winds across the central Caribbean Sea through Fri, with moderate to fresh winds elsewhere. Moderate long-period N to NE swell will continue to propagate through the NE Caribbean passages for much of the 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