Belize Weather Forecast: August 23, 2021
General Situation:
The Caribbean Sea There are three tropical waves in the Atlantic, and two in the Caribbean, and one over the Yucatan Peninsula. The most recent scatterometer data show fresh to strong winds across the central Caribbean, and in the Gulf of Honduras with seas to 8 ft near the coast of Colombia. Convection across the basin are related to the tropical waves. The aerial extent of the trade winds will increase over the next 24 hours covering most of the waters S of 17N and E of 80W. As a result, fresh to strong trade winds are expected over the east and central Caribbean through midweek, with building seas of 8 to 10 ft. Fresh to locally strong winds and seas to 8 ft are also expected in the Windward passage through Tue night. Looking ahead, a broad area of low pressure is forecast to form over the western Caribbean Sea late this week. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for gradual development of this system thereafter while it moves west-northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. The latest Tropical Weather Outlook indicates that this system a low chance of tropical cyclone formation through 5 days.
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:
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: At 5 a.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Depression Henri was located inland about 60 miles (95 km) north-northwest of New York City, New York, and about 90 miles (145 km) west of Hartford, Connecticut. The depression is nearly stationary at the moment, but is expected to begin an eastward motion by later this morning into the afternoon hours. We are also watching a few tropical waves, either across the tropical Atlantic or emerging off the African coast this week, but development with these seems unlikely for the next few days. For further information on tropical conditions, check the daily Tropical Weather Outlook, click here.
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