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Friday, August 5, 2005

WEATHER

August 5, 2005 (11:00 am)
SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Regional Hurricane Center)

TODAY’S FORECAST

Conditions over Belize and Northwest Caribbean are
becoming unstable and moist which will encourage the
development of showers and isolated thundershowers.
Shower activity will be more frequent over southern
Belize.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and
thundershowers. Winds will be east to northeasterly at
5 to 15 kts . Sea state will be light chop and choppy
in the vicinity of the heavier showers.

The outlook is for similar weather on Sunday.

Western and Central Caribbean:

TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS MOVING
INTO THE S GULF OF MEXICO ALONG 91W S OF 21N MOVING W
10-15 KT.

SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION OVER THE
GULF OF HONDURAS S OF 17N W OF 84W. MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE S CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BROAD MID/UPPER HIGH IN THE E PACIFIC EXTENDS A RIDGE
INTO THE SW CARIBBEAN ALONG 11W/12N W OF 70W.

FROM THE NW TO CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...A SHARP UPPER
TROUGH EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO SE OF JAMAICA NEAR
16N73W WITH DIFFLUENCE TO THE NW OF THE TROUGH AXIS
GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS N OF 19N TO OVER W CUBA AND THE YUCATAN CHANNEL W OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.

CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 79W/80W S OF 15N
MOVING W 10-15 KT. WITH NO ASSOCIATED DEEP CONVECTION.

Eastern Caribbean:
BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL CUT-OFF LOW IS IN THE E CARIBBEAN NEAR 15N64W WITH CYCLONIC FLOW COVERING THE AREA E OF 70W ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES AND IS PROVIDING DRY AIR THAT COVERS THE SAME AREA...THUS SERIOUSLY LIMITING CONVECTION OR SHOWER ACTIVITY.

TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPMENT
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IS CENTERED NEAR 14.4N
36.1W...OR ABOUT 680 NM W OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS...AT 05/0900 UTC MOVING WNW AT 11 KT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35
KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB.
T.D. NINE WILL ASSUME A MORE WESTERLY TRACK. SCATTERED
MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS FROM 11.5N-15N
BETWEEN 35.5W-38W. http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/ gen_wx_ forecast.html

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