|
||||||||||
NEMO
Atlantic
hurricane season will run until November 30. The list of names for 2008
is
as follows: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, Wilfred.
|
|
![]() OCTOBER 7, 2008 (12:00 noon) SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with excerpts from the Tropical Prediction Center) WEATHER FORECAST Partly sunny weather with isolated showers will occur over Belize. Ambergris Caye, San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the next 24 hrs: Mostly sunny skies with few cloudy spells and isolated showers today and tomorrow. Winds will blow from the East to Northeast at 10 to 15 kts. Sea conditions will be slight with 2 to 4 ft. swells beyond the reef. Temperatures will reach about 88 F this afternoon and around 80 F degrees tomorrow morning. The outlook for Thursday is for cloudy weather with widely scattered showers. .... CURRENT WEATHER San Pedro Lagoon 0730 hrs Cloud: 2/8 Cumulus Temperature: 81.7F Max.: 88F Min.: 80 F Wind (direction & speed) East Northeast / 6kts. Tide level: 0.61m (1030HRS) Precipitation: Light showers Sea state Slight /1 ft. swell beyond the reef ... SPECIAL FEATURE TROPICAL STORM MARCO IS CENTERED NEAR 20.1N 96.1W AT 07/0900 UTC OR ABOUT 90 NM SE OF TUXPAN MEXICO MOVING WNW AT 7 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT. MARCO IS A RELATIVELY SMALL TROPICAL STORM WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONLY EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO ABOUT 10 NM FROM THE CENTER. MARCO IS EXPECTED MAKE LANDFALL LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. SCATTERED MODERATE/ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS WITHIN 45/60 NM OF THE CENTER IN ALL QUADRANTS TO JUST INLAND ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO. A TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 75W S OF 19N MOVING W NEAR 10 KT. WAVE IS MOVING BENEATH AN UPPER LOW WITH NO ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/CONVECTION. Yucatan & Western Caribbean Sea: AN UPPER LOW COVERS THE W CARIBBEAN CENTERED ALONG THE COAST OF NE HONDURAS NEAR 15N84W GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM 15N-19N W OF 75W TO THE COAST OF HONDURAS AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. Central & E Caribbean Sea: TROPICAL WAVE S OF 20N ALONG 73W MOVING W 10 KT PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER WAVE LOCATED S OF 19N ALONG 63W ALSO MOVING W AT 10 KT. BUT ONLY EXPECT A 10-15 KT WIND SHIFT WITH PASSAGES OF WAVES. SEA SWELL FROM BUILDING ATLC RIDGE ARRIVES OVER THE FAR N PORTIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND MAKES IT AS FAR S AS 16N. SEAS OF 7-8 FT ARE EXPECTED. THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN IS DOMINATED BY A BROAD UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED OVER NW VENEZUELA E OF 76W TO OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES. DIFFLUENCE ALOFT GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS E OF 72W ACROSS THE E CARIBBEAN TO THE LESSER ANTILLES. OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST .SYNOPSIS...A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 77W WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE W CARIBBEAN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 66W WILL PASS S OF HISPANIOLA WED AND MOVE THROUGH THE W CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT. A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 41W WILL REACH ALONG 55W FRIDAY AND MOVE INTO THE E CARIBBEAN SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC WATERS THURSDAY THEN DRIFT E DISSIPATING OVER THE NE PORTION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NW CARIBBEAN N OF 15N W OF 75W .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG TROPICAL WAVE. .WED THROUGH FRI...W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS W PART. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS. SW CARIBBEAN S OF 15N W OF 75W .THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THU...N OF 11N E OF 80W NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ELSEWHERE VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI AND SAT...N OF 11N E OF 80W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS .THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR TROPICAL WAVE. .THU...S OF 17N W OF 68W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI AND SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM MARCO LOCATED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ![]() |
||||||||
|
© SAN PEDRO DAILY, PO Box 45, San Pedro Town, Belize. |
||||||||||