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Posted By: Marty Belize Weather Forecast: September 24, 2021 - 09/24/21 12:06 PM

Belize Weather Forecast: September 24, 2021


General Situation:
Ambergris Caye: Conditions this morning by Elbert just before or after this post!
Belize NMS: Present Condition: Mostly cloudy this morning, including San Pedro. Light and somewhat moist and unstable airflow over area.
Advisories: None.
24-hour forecast: Sunny with cloudy spells today along with a few showers and thunderstorms mainly over the north this morning, then over the interior this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight with a few showers or thunderstorms over the south.
Winds: Light + Variable, 5-10 kts
Sea State: Slight
Waves: 1-2 ft
Sea Surface Temperature (°f): 86
Outlook: (Sat & Sat night) Generally fair with isolated showers and isolated thunderstorms developing, except for a few more over southern districts Saturday night.
Sargassum Forecast from September 23 to September 29: There is a small to medium chance of new sargassum affecting beaches across the country during the next few days. San Pedro has a medium probability and a moderate impact.
Tropical Weather Outlook: At 3:00am, Hurricane Sam was centered near 11.5N 42.2W, or about 1470 miles ESE of the Northern Leeward Islands. The remnants of Odette, located about 600 miles WNW of the Azores, has a medium chance of redevelopment into a tropical or sub-tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Click for more of the tropical weather outlook...

Marine Conditions:

The Caribbean Sea

A sharp upper-level trough extends from the vicinity of the southeastern Bahamas to across eastern Cuba and to the southwestern Caribbean. A surface trough is analyzed in the W Caribbean extending along 84W from 17N-22N. This is allowing for the development of afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the western and central Caribbean Sea. Scattered moderate convection is also noted in the SW and south- central Caribbean, especially near the northern coast of Colombia. A recent scatterometer pass indicate fresh trades within 130 nm of the coast of NW Venezuela, including the waters surrounding the ABC islands, while gentle to moderate trades prevail elsewhere. Seas in the central and E Caribbean are 2-4 ft, while 1-2 ft are noted elsewhere.

For the forecast, Hurricane Sam is near 11.5N 42.2W 993 mb at 5 AM EDT moving W at 13 kt. Maximum sustained winds 65 kt gusts 80 kt. Sam will move to 11.7N 44.0W this afternoon, 12.1N 45.9W Sat morning, 12.5N 47.4W Sat afternoon, 12.9N 48.7W Sun morning, 13.4N 50.0W Sun afternoon, and 14.1N 51.1W Mon morning. Sam will change little in intensity as it moves to 15.9N 53.8W by early Tue. Meanwhile, moderate trade winds will persist over much of the Caribbean into early next week, becoming fresh over the south- central Caribbean starting tonight as high pressure builds east of the Bahamas. Fresh to strong winds are forecast in the Gulf of Honduras Sun night.


  High Low
Coastal 31° C
88° F
27° C
80° F
Inland 34° C
93° F
23° C
74° F
Hills 28° C
82° F
20° C
68° F
TIDES:
Low: 5:42 AM High: 12:06 PM
Low: 5:46 PM High: 11:49 PM
Sunrise: 5:42 AM Moonset: 8:40 AM
Sunset: 5:46 PM Moonrise: 8:23 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:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/bz/caye-caulker-village

...SAM IS NOW A HURRICANE... RAPID INTENSIFICATION FORECAST TO CONTINUE...

NHC has upgraded Sam to a hurricane, the seventh one of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. At 5 a.m. AST, the center of Hurricane Sam was located over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean about 1470 miles (2365 km) east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sam is moving toward the west near 15 mph (24 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue through tonight. A decrease in forward speed and a motion toward the west-northwest are expected to take place during the weekend.

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We are also watching a non-tropical low, what was once Tropical Storm Odette well east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland. This low may gain intensity over the next few days as it tracks to the south and southeast. Should this become sufficiently organized, it could be renamed.

For more information, check the daily Tropical Weather Outlook, click here
There is not much air movement over our area. Looks as if there has been a movement down from the north which has not come to a stop just off the coast, and not any significant Caribbean winds pushing against it. Jut a trace of high level cloud from the north, causing some isolated rain showers out at sea.

Looks like today will be mainly s sunny day, but with areas of cloud and a chance later, of some rain showers.

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Temperatures in Belmopan : ( Coast usually cooler, hills even cooler )
Last Night 24°C 75°F Yesterday max. 33°C 91F Yesterday Rain 14.6 mm (0.6") Over Night Rain 0 mm (0")
It's beautiful here on Ambergris Caye and the sea around our barrier reef is very calm. Some thunder in the distance and a little rain last night. Today's expected high temperature is set at 88f.

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Present Condition: Mostly clear, a few clouds in the southwest and a bit of rain and clouds offshore from Belize City to Ambergris Caye. Relatively moist conditions continue over the area.

24hr Forecast: Sunny with some cloudy spells during the daytime and partly cloudy tonight. A few showers and isolated thunderstorms will occur mostly over southern and inland areas this afternoon and then mostly offshore and near southern areas tonight and tomorrow morning.

Outlook: For Saturday afternoon through to midday on Sunday is for isolated showers or isolated thunderstorms, with the chance of a few more developing over southern parts of the country.

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Influence of a stationary front in the Gulf of Mexico and a trough over the Western Caribbean will favor storms today in the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Gorgeous rainbow in the clouds. Photo by Marlena Gomez

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Wind from the west�HOT! Photo by San Pedro Scoop

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Sunset in Hopkins Village. Photo by Hopkins Uncut

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