Belize Weather Forecast: March 29, 2020

General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Clear skies. Mainly fair and warm weather will prevail.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Mostly sunny and warm today with little or no rainfall. Then, partly cloudy to cloudy at times tonight with only isolated showers developing, if any.
Winds: East | 10-20 kts
Sea State: Moderate
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 82
Outlook: For Monday and Monday night is for a few cloudy spells and showers, if any, will be isolated.
Tropical Weather Outlook: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico within the next 48 hours. Click for more...

Marine Conditions:

	Winds	Seas	Waves	Details
Today	E 10-20 kts	Moderate	4-6 ft	LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.
Tonight	E-SE 10-20 kts	Moderate-Rough	4-7 ft	ISOLATED SHOWERS.
Tomorrow	E-SE 10-20 kts	Moderate	4-6 ft	ISOLATED SHOWERS.
Outlook	E-SE 10-20 kts	Moderate	4-6 ft	MONDAY NIGHT:- ISOLATED SHOWERS.

The Caribbean Sea

Outside of the gale area, fresh trade winds are occurring through the central Caribbean and Windward Passage, along with seas of 4 to 6 ft. Some fast moving showers are moving through the eastern Caribbean, westward to Jamaica.

High pressure centered between the Bahamas and Bermuda will drift S and cause trades in the central Caribbean to increase to strong later today into early Mon. Seas of 7 to 9 feet can also be expected. Fresh to strong winds will pulse each evening through at least Tue over the Gulf of Honduras.

	High	Low
Coastal	30° C 86° F	27° C 81° F
Inland	33° C 92° F	22° C 72° F
Hills	27° C 81° F	20° C 68° F

TIDES:
Low: 6:37 AM	High: 12:28 PM
Low: 7:56 PM	High: 2:08 AM (Mon)
Sunrise: 5:48 AM	Moonrise: 9:19 AM
Sunset: 6:05 PM	Moonset: 10:38 PM

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://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:
http://cayecaulkerweather.com/weatherdata/caye-caulker-belize-live-weather-data.htm

This morning's sunrise, photo by Diane Campbell...

Still a blessing ....

On Ambergris Caye this morning the day is sunny with a moderate sea state around our barrier reef. The wind is from the East at 15 mph.The island has been very dry and we're teased by passing rain clouds that don't deliver.

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Since the pattern of winds and clouds is pretty well the same as it has been for days and likely to continue for many more days, I have shown the bigger picture this morning. The typical high level clouds developing in the Pacific and moving over north Mexico into the US, then typically swirling down in a loop over the Atlantic, often causing very large rotating weather. Similar happens over South America.

The low level typically comes off Africa and comes across the Atlantic, as the world rotates, sometimes branching off towards Florida, and Panama. The main thrust is over Honduras and Belize, where it branches up towards the Gulf, and from Panama, down to form the ITCZ (Intertropical_Convergence_Zone), as it meets similar coming up from the south, forming high, heavy rain cloud activity, presently over north South America, later in the year over us. as the Sun moves northwards.

Looks like yet another sunny day with significant clouds and no indication of any rain, although there is a line of cloud now moving into Honduras, that just might cause a little rain in south Belize this evening.

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Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last night min. 22°C 72°F Yesterday max. 32°C 89°F Yesterday Rain 0.0 mm ( 0" )

Present Condition: Partly Cloudy
24hr Forecast: Mostly sunny and warm today with little or no rainfall. Then, partly cloudy to cloudy at times tonight with only isolated showers developing, if any.

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Here is BRAD'S BOLEDO line in downtown San Pedro, Ambergris Caye this morning. Absolutely, NO respect for the call of social distancing. Photo by Corozal Daily

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