A strong cold front crossed Belize last Friday and pushed all the way down to Panama. There was very little rainfall associated with the front, measured only 5 mm. by Friday night. A cold High pressure cell now sits almost directly over Belize. We can expect a cold night tonight, maybe the the coldest night of this winter season.
Monday morning: Did not get as cold as expected last night.

Got down to about 63F or 17C. However tonight may be colder than this.

A rainless cold front passed through Belize last night. Right now we are in a cool, clear and very dry air mass. The chance of rain from now going forward is very low.

There was more rain last night, 14 mm or over 1/2 in. This brings the 3 day total to 3.3 inch or about the same as for the entire month of December 2012. The dry and rainy seasons seem to be reversed! The image shows the footprint of a tropical wave over the east Caribbean, unusual for this time of year.

More showers yesterday morning, measured 12 mm. This brings the total rainfall for the first 2 days of Feb. to 71 mm or 2.8 inches. Today there are just broken clouds around with no rainfall. The upper air must be warming.

A strong Cold Front is situated to the north of Belize. This is lifting warm moist air flowing in from the Caribbean causing moderate to heavy rain showers from low clouds over Belize. Rainfall measured today 34 mm or 1.35 inches. The ground is pretty saturated after the January rainfall of 246 mm or 9.7 inches. Today's rain brings the total for the year so far up to 11 inches. The dry season should be starting soon.

With the LOW now south of Belize over Honduras, a Thunder Shower was generated and moved from east to west across Belmopan between 1600 hr and 1645 hr. This shower produced about 1/4 inch of rain. This brings the total rainfall for today up to 0.65 inches.
Sunday Update: There was a trace of rain around sunrise 2 mm, the rest of the day was sunny and warm. The rest of the week should be nice.

The center of the mid-upper level LOW has not yet weakened and has drifted to the SE towards Honduras. This morning we are getting some continuous light rain.

The sky has been overcast for the past few days with only a trace of rain. Today there is a mid level LOW situated over Guatemala. This is producing some very light rain this afternoon over Belize. Measured only 3.5 mm.

A strong Cold Front passed through Belmopan late in the afternoon with gusty North wind and light rain. Preceding this front was a weak squall line before noon which produced just over 1/2 inch of rain. The next few days will be cloudy and cool.

The area of moisture that has been surrounding Belize since the beginning of the month is finally dissipating. The total rainfall for the month so far is 6.7 inches. This is more rain than all of November and December combined. The tropical wave responsible for the rain is moving away and we are now in a fresh SE air flow behind the wave.