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San Pedro Daily
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

WEATHER
August 16, 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 remains cloudy and showery as a combination of tropical waves
move westward through our area.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the next 24 hrs: Cloudy
to overcast skies and warm
temperatures. Shower activity and thunderstorms will continue to be widely scattered for the next 18 hours to 24 hrs. Winds will be easterly to northeasterly
at 5 to 15 kts. Sea state will be light chop to choppy and moderate in the vicinity of the heavier showers.

The outlook is for partly cloudy and warm weather with isolated showers through Thursday.

Western Caribbean:

CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 82W S OF 21N MOVING W
15-20 KT. WAVE IS EMBEDDED BENEATH N UPPER FLOW
BETWEEN AN UPPER RIDGE TO
THE W AND AN UPPER TROUGH
TOTHE E. THE DIFFLUENCE BETWEEN THESE UPPER FEATURES IS ENHANCING CONVECTION OVER THE W CARIBBEAN ESPECIALLY S
OF 13N. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH GULF OF HONDURAS WED
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.

BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CENTERED OVER THE S GULF
OF HONDURAS NEAR 17N87W AND
IS PROVIDING A DIFFLUENCE
GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 82W.
IN FACT...THE W CARIBBEAN IS
SUPPORTING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS AN AREA OF SCATTERED/NUMEROUS STRONG CONVECTION S OF 12N BETWEEN 75W-84W.

MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
LINGER OVER THE W AND SW
CARIBBEAN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS... CONTINUING THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

Central Caribbean:

AN E/W MID/UPPER TROUGH THAT ORIGINATES IN THE CENTRAL
ATLC ACROSS PUERTO RICO TO
AN UPPER LOW S OF
HISPANIOLA NEAR 18N72W TO W JAMAICA NEAR 18N78W.
ALTHOUGH THE TROUGH IS PROVIDING STRONG W SHEAR TO THE S/CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...IT IS NOW PULLING IN DRIER AIR
FROM N ACROSS HAITI AND E
CUBA TO OVER JAMAICA

Eastern Caribbean:

THE E CARIBBEAN WILL REMAIN UNDER THE DOMAIN OF
PREDOMINANTLY DRY LOW
LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW.

TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPMENT
THE WEAK LOW PRES...REMNANT
OF TD TEN...LOCATED NEAR
15N50W. THE LOW IS MOVING
WNW ABOUT 10 KT AND EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NE PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS TUE NIGHT.

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

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