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SAN PEDRO DAILY
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

WEATHER
July 20, 2005 (6:00 am)

SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Regional Hurricane Center)
TROPICAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT

HURRICANE EMILY IS CENTERED NEAR 24.8N 97.4W...OR
ABOUT 35 MILES E OF SAN FERNANDO MEXICO AND 75 MILES S
OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS... AT 20/1000 UTC MOVING WNW 7
KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 110 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 135 KT...MAKING EMILY A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE IS 944
MB.
THE CENTER OF THE EYE OF EMILY IS ALMOST ON THE
COAST...THEREFORE IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT IT WILL MAKE
CATEGORY 4 BEFORE COMPLETELY MAKING
LANDFALL.

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Belize and adjacent waters will experience the
development of scattered showers occasionally cloudy
skies with sunny breaks for the next 24 hours.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Warm temperatures and winds will be 5 to
15 kts. from the east. Widely scattered showers will
develop early morning and late afternoon and may be
accompanied by thunder.

OUTLOOK: Conditions will continue showery with some
sunny and fair breaks..

Western and Central Caribbean:

AN UPPER LOW IN THE W CARIBBEAN W OF JAMAICA NEAR
19N81W IS INTERACTING WITH A TROPICAL WAVE PRODUCING A
LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION/SHOWER ACTIVITY N OF 16N
BETWEEN 61W-72W. THE UPPER LOW HAS ENOUGH DRY AIR TO
PRODUCE FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER OVER THE CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN N OF 17N FROM 74W-83W INCLUDING JAMAICA AND
PARTS OF CUBA.

CONVECTION ALONG WAVE IN A CLASSIC BLOW UP PATTERN AS
LOW LEVEL SURGE MOVES UNDER UPPER DIFFLUENCE E OF
UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THIS
UPPER LOW SHIFTING W SO CONVECTION LIKELY TO CONTINUE
TO SPREAD WNW.

FARTHER SW...A TROPICAL SQUALL LINE WITH
SCATTERED/NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO
EXPAND NOW COVERING THE AREA SW OF LINE FROM COLOMBIA
NEAR 11N74W TO N OF HONDURAS NEAR 18N86W INCLUDING
PANAMA AND COSTA RICA. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN ESTABLISHED OVER THIS AREA TO MAINTAIN
SCATTERED CONVECTION FOR REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK.

http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/
gen_wx_ forecast.html

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