Belize Weather Forecast: December 17, 2022

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: A few thin clouds on the mainland this morning. Partly cloudy in San Pedro. Generally fair weather prevails.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny with cloudy spells today and cloudy skies at times tonight. Showers or thunderstorms will be isolated and then will increase along the coast later tonight.
Winds: E-SE, 5-15 kts
Sea State: Light Chop
Waves: 2-4
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 82
Outlook: For Sunday and Sunday night is for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms around the country.
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

High pressure over the Atlantic Ocean extends over the northern Caribbean. The pressure gradient from this high pressure and the low pressure in Colombia is giving way to fresh to strong winds in the central Caribbean north of Colombia to 18N, in addition to the Gulf of Venezuela. Seas are 6 to 10 ft in this area per recent altimeter data. Moderate to fresh winds prevail elsewhere, except gentle to moderate in the northern Caribbean north of 20N. Seas are 4 to 6 ft in the eastern Caribbean, locally higher through Atlantic passages due to prolonged NE swell, and 3 to 5 ft in the northern Caribbean north of 20N.

For the forecast, surface ridging north of the region will maintain fresh to strong NE to E tradewinds across the central and SW Caribbean Sea through at least Wed night, reaching near-gale off Colombia before sunrise today and again tonight. Moderate to locally fresh winds will prevail in the E Caribbean with gentle to moderate winds in the W Caribbean. Large, long-period N to NE swell will continue to move into the tropical Atlantic and through the Anegada Passage into the northeast Caribbean for the next several days. A cold front will dissipate as it pushes into the Yucatan Channel Sun night into Mon.

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