Tropical Wave now in the process of crossing Belize.
Rain started in Belmopan at 1235 Hr. There is an upper wind outflow at 17.5 N, 83.9 W. The wave is moving westward at about 20 mph. I expect about 18 mm of rain from this wave since the cloud tops are collapsing.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
The weather has been mostly sunny and warm for since my last report with a few showers on the 28 and 29 with only about 12 mm of rain. But right now there is a more active area of weather located around the area of 18N and 83W which is drifting towards the Yucatan. The system is not very well organized. Will check on this later today. In general, the Tropics is fairly quiet. Not much activity World Wide according to Jeff of W_Underground. Unusual for this time of year.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Saturday, August 16, 2014
There is an Upper Level Low at 19.5W, 82.4W which is south of Cuba and west of Jamaica. An area of rain is heading west towards Belize. This should arrive this afternoon sometime. There have been already a few showers in Belmopan this morning. The nights of August 13 and 14 tropical waves passed with lots of thunder and lightening. Provided a combined rainfall of 36 mm. The storms developed rapidly overnight and lasted about 3 hours each. The next tropical wave is currently in the eastern Caribbean.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Friday, August 8, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The Wind Shear across the Caribbean has become much more chaotic compared to a few weeks ago. The zonal dry season wind pattern seems to have been disrupted. This could indicate much more unstable weather ahead. The low pressure trough mentioned this morning caused an explosion the thunder showers inland over Belize around 1PM. I measured 12 mm of rain.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
An Upper Air Low has drifted westward and now is located at 18.4N, 88.8W which is the northern region of Belize. This low is circulating Hot and Dry air across the central part of Belize. There is a broad Tropical Wave passing through the Saharan Air Layer. This wave could begin the affect Belize sometime later this week. Will keep a watch on this one.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)