Belize Weather Forecast: March 27, 2018

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Generally fair conditions will prevail over most areas of the country.
Advisories: *Small craft caution for gusty winds and occasionally rough seas.*
24-hour forecast: Sunny skies with a few cloudy spells today and partly cloudy skies tonight. Showers will be generally isolated, with a few more likely to occur over southern areas.
Winds: East | 10-20 kts | Gusty
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 82
General Outlook: For Wed. and Wed. night is for continuing mainly fair weather with only isolated showers developing.
Daily Tropical Weather Outlook: The 2017 Hurricane Season has ended

Marine Conditions:

	Winds	Seas	Waves	Details
Today	E 10-20 kts	Moderate-Rough	4-7 ft	ISOLATED SHOWERS.
Tonight	E 10-20 kts	Moderate-Rough	4-7 ft	FEW SHOWERS MOSTLY SOUTH.
Tomorrow	E 10-20 kts	Moderate-Rough	4-7 ft	ISOLATED SHOWERS.
Outlook	E-SE 12-25 kts	Rough	5-8 ft	MAINLY FAIR. SMALL CRAFT WARNING.

The Caribbean Sea

Undersea volcano Kick'em Jenny, north of Grenada near 12.18N 61.38W, is in a state of unrest. The government of Grenada advises mariners to observe a 5 km or 3.1 nm exclusion zone around Kick'em Jenny. Please refer to the web page, www.nadma.gd, for additional information.

15-30 kt tradewinds are over the Caribbean Sea. A Gale is presently along the coast of N Colombia until 27/1200 UTC. Scattered showers are noted over the Windward Islands, inland over Hispaniola, and over N Colombia.

An upper level trough passes across the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, and the central Caribbean with axis along 72W.

High pressure in the western Atlantic Ocean will support fresh to locally strong trades across the south central Caribbean Sea during the next several days. The winds will pulse to minimal gale force along the NW coast of Colombia during the overnight hours through Thursday. Strong E winds will pulse in the Gulf of Honduras each night from tonight through Thursday night. Strong NE winds will pulse through the Windward Passage through Thursday night. An extensive set of large N to NE swells will propagate into the NE Caribbean passages from Wednesday through Thursday night, and then subside.

Climate Prediction Center's Central America Hazards Outlook
Current Conditions and weather history for Ambergris Caye / San Pedro

Current Caye Caulker Weather Information

Belize National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO)

Windfinder forecast for Ambergris Caye & San Pedro

	High	Low
Coastal	29° C 84° F	26° C 78° F
Inland	32° C 90° F	22° C 72° F
Hills	28° C 82° F	20° C 68° F

TIDES:
High: 7:50 AM	Low: 12:39 PM
High: 7:00 PM	Low: 1:51 AM (Wed)
Sunrise: 5:51 AM	Moonrise: 2:40 PM
Sunset: 6:05 PM	Moonset: 3:45 AM (Wed)

CLICK here and here for detailed local weather data

For more information, check the Daily Tropical Weather Outlook.

On Ambergris Caye this morning the wind is from the East at 20 mph. making the sea around our barrier reef rough. The sky is clear and sunny. Our expected high today is 84f.

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From Belmopan...

The easterly Caribbean winds are rather gusty this morning and full of cloud patches. There have been a few rain showers in various parts of Belize and still a very few small showers around almost anywhere.

Looks like today will be mainly sunny, but with significant clouds and the odd very small rain, clearing this afternoon.

Temperatures in Belmopan :
( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler ) Last night min. 23°C 74°F Yesterday max. 30°C 86°F

Ambergris Caye:
https://www.wunderground.com/q/locid:BHXX0104;loctype:1
Belmopan:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=MD1029#history
Caye Caulker:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IBELIZED2#history