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Tuesday, August 9, 2005

WEATHER
August 9, 2005 (10:00 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
produce isolated showers and thundershowers which will
be more frequent over southern Belize.

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Cloudy and warm with isolated early
morning and afternoon showers or thundershowers. Winds
will be eastnortheasterly at 5 to 15 kts . and
occasionally gusting to 20 kts. Sea state will be
light chop and choppy in the vicinity of the heavier
showers.

The outlook is for fair weather through Thursday.

Western Caribbean:

THE MID/UPPER LOW THAT WAS IN THE FAR NW CARIBBEAN HAS
SETTLED ALONG THE NE COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
NEAR 22N88W WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING E OVER CUBA.

MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM AN UPPER HIGH
LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN NEAR 14N77W COVERING
THE AREA S OF 18N W OF 66W TO OVER CENTRAL AMERICA.
DIFFLUENCE BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE UPPER TROUGH OVER
THE NW AREA IS GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GULF OF HONDURAS WITHIN 90 NM
ALONG THE COAST OF HONDURAS W OF 83W.

TRADE WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS CARIBBEAN BASIN WITH
STRONG EASTERLIES OVER SW PART OF CARIBBEAN SEA ALONG
COLOMBIAN COAST THROUGH FRI THEN WEAKEN BY SAT.
ELSEWHERE CONDITIONS REMAIN QUIET.

Eastern Caribbean:

E CARIBBEAN IS DOMINATED BY UPPER E FLOW AND VERY DRY
UPPER AIR. THE ONLY ACTIVITY E OF 75W IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE.

CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 65W/66W S OF 19N
MOVING W 10-15 KT. WAVE REMAINS EMBEDDED WITHIN VERY
DRY UPPER AIR. SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FROM 16N-18N BETWEEN 68W-72W.

TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPMENT

TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRENE IS CENTERED NEAR 22.5N 53.6W
AT 09/0900 UTC MOVING W AT 10 KT. THE ESTIMATED
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB. THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT.

IRENE SHOULD INTENSIFY INTO TROPICAL STORM SAT AND SUN
POSSIBLY INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS FROM FRI ON. http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/ gen_wx_ forecast.html

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