A new cold front has entered the Gulf of Mexico. It is now south of Brownsville Tx and does not show there because it is a dry line at this point. The string of clouds to the south of the front is not a front but high cloud in the upper air that is the southern boundary of the jet stream. At the moment, I do not see any significant rainfall as a result of this cold front which is not good news for farmers.

Cold Front crossed Belize after sunset Dec.21 along with a brisk north wind which lasted only a few hours. Ahead of the front there were some brief showers, here in Belmopan we got only 3 mm of rain. The upper air continues to be dry. Today the weather has been cloudy and quite cool. Only a trace of rain today.

The region is still under the influence of dry air. There are only patches of low clouds that occasionally produce some light rain. There total for December so far is only 66 mm or 2.6 inches. The ground is abnormally dry for this time of year. Not a good sign for going into the dry season.

An area of low to mid level clouds cover the area today producing a few scattered showers. A shower in Belmopan before noon provided 8.5 mm of rain. The system is drifting to the SW very slowly. November was a dry month with only 75 mm of rain, well below normal. The sun continues to be relatively quiet with low solar wind speeds. November was quite cool mid month but warmed up towards the end of the month.

There was some light rain a week ago but none since then. Total rain so far this month only 1.5 inches. We are now under another weather block leaving Belize locked into very dry air. The days are sunny and warm and the nights are very cool under the clear sky. Solar activity has been unusually low for this period in the solar cycle.

There was some heavy rain on October 24 and this brought the total rainfall for October 2012 up to 377 mm or 14.8 inches. Since then the weather has been very quiet with very little rainfall. Total for November so far is only 30 mm. Right now watching a cold front crossing the Gulf of Mexico.

At 5PM a little speck of a squall line dumped 19 mm on already wet Belmopan in 20 minutes. Total for month now almost 13 inches. Ground is saturated due to lack of hot sun and little wind for drying.

Actually the rain did not arrive until midday Sunday 21 Oct 2012. There was a heavy downpour around noon. Measured over 40 mm rain. There was no wind with the rain. Total so far this month ********* 11.9 inches.

The moisture mentioned previously has arrived. Light Showers began around sunrise and are now becoming more heavy. The heaviest rainfall should arrive tonight.

Belize is back to dry weather for the past three days. This dry should continue until this weekend 21 Oct. 2012 when some moisture builds up in the southwest Caribbean. Rainfall so far this month is 227mm.