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Sunday, August 14, 2005

WEATHER
August 14, 2005 (6:00 am)
SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Regional Hurricane Center)

TODAY’S FORECAST

Conditions over Belize and Northwest Caribbean will
continue cloudy and humid but producing only isolated
showers and thundershowers.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Occasionally cloudy and warm with
isolated early morning and late afternoon showers or
thundershowers. Winds will
be easterly at 5 to 15 kts.
Sea state will be light chop.

The outlook is for cloudy weather and occasional
showers through Tuesday.

Western Caribbean:

NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
HAS UPPER LEVEL
NORTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW.

NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM PANAMA
TO 12N BETWEEN 77W AND 81W. THE ITCZ RUNS ALONG 10N
FROM NORTHERN COLOMBIA WESTWARD.

NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE AREA...IN
AN AREA THROUGH WHICH THE
ITCZ IS PASSING...AND IN AN
AREA OF SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENT
FLOW...SOUTH OF 13N WEST OF 76W.

Central Caribbean:

A CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 79W/80W SOUTH
OF 16N... SOUTHWEST OF JAMAICA...MOVING WEST 15-20 KT.

A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH STRETCHES FROM THE
FLORIDA KEYS/ STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO A SECOND MIDDLE TO
UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION CENTER NEAR
16N76.5W...ABOUT 95 NM SOUTH OF JAMAICA.

BROAD UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONIC FLOW IS NORTH OF 10N
BETWEEN 60W AND 70W.

MODERATE TRADE WINDS OVER CARIB S OF 17N.

Eastern Caribbean:

AN EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TROPICAL WAVE WAS ALONG
69W/70W SOUTH OF 18N MOVING WEST 15 TO 20 KT. THIS
WAVE IS MOVING THROUGH AN
AREA OF UPPER LEVEL
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW FROM A WEAKENING RIDGE.

TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPMENT

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS NEAR 32.0N
69.9W AT 14/0300 UTC ( 9 pm local) OR ABOUT 300
MILES/480 KM WEST OF BERMUDA...AND ABOUT 390 MILES/630
KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
IT WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST 9 KT. THE ESTIMATED
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB AND THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT.

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS NEAR 15.0N
45.5W AT 14/0300 UTC OR ABOUT 1090 MILES/1755 KM EAST
OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 1008 MB AND THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS ARE 30 KT WITH GUSTS
TO 40 KT.
http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/ gen_wx_ forecast.html

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