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San Pedro Daily
Friday, July 22, 2005

WEATHER
July 22, 2005 (6:00 am)

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

Cloudy to overcast skies and scattered showers will
develop over Belize and adjacent waters as a tropical
wave moves through the area for the next 24 hours.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Cloudy to overcast skies and scattered
showers. Winds will be morth east to east 5 to 15
kts. Higher gusts above 25 kts. will accompany the
heavier showers. These showers may be accompanied by
thunder.

OUTLOOK: Conditions will improve with winds becoming
easterly 10 to 25 kts.

TROPICAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT

EMILY – Decaying Tropical depression Emily slowly
moving across the Mexican Sierra Madres and producing
significant rainfall.

FRANKLIN – AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.5
NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.9 WEST OR NEAR GREAT ABACO
ISLAND IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. THIS IS ALSO
ABOUT 105 MILES... 170 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NASSAU
IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.
FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80
INCHES.
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Western Caribbean:

STRONG W CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDS FROM W CUBA
NEAR 22N81W INLAND OVER HONDURAS/NICARAGUA NEAR 15N84W
AND INTO THE E PACIFIC REGION MOVING W NEAR 20 KT.
WAVE IS BENEATH AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WJICH IS
GENERATING SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG CONVECTION FROM
11N-18N BETWEEN 80W-86W INCLUDING PORTIONS OF NE
NICARAGUA AND SE HONDURAS...AND N OF 19N TO THE COAST
OF CUBA BETWEEN 78W-82W. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS
YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE
SAT.

Central Caribbean:

20 TO 25 KT TRADE WIMDS ARE E OF THE TROPICAL WAVE
LOCATED FROM WESTERN CUBA TO NICARAGUA

Eastern Caribbean:

WEAK TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE S CARIBBEAN ALONG 70W S OF
14N MOVING W 10-15 KT. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING TOWARD THE ABC ISLANDS AND SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS INLAND OVER NW VENEZUELA.

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

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