Rainfall last night around 3:30 AM along with strong wind. Image shows the storm cell as it was approaching Belmopan. Around 4 AM the cell expanded resulting in a period of light rain. Measured 1.3 inches or 34 mm .A cold front pushing into the west Atlantic is rotating moisture from east to west into central America and up into Belize.

The upper air Wind Shear is quite strong right across the whole Caribbean. This is squeezing the main band of active weather further to the south and southwest. There have been brief and scattered showers across Belize today from low cloud, measured 10 mm rainfall.

The upper air water vapour is now on the increase, nevertheless most of the Caribbean is still fairly quiet. There could be an increase in activity by tonight.

The cluster of active sunspots is rotating away. The activity has been short lived. Also the solar wind is decreasing. No end to the dry season is yet in sight. The tropical rain band is still far to the south. Not a good situation for an end to the dry.

The sun is beginning to become more active by sending out some X-Class solar flares, the first ones of the year. This activity could increase the possibility of some stormy weather in this region in a few weeks time. The current dry season has been quite severe and we need rain soon. The sun is suppose to be at its maximum with respect to solar activity, however, the activity has been well below normal.

The storm cell of May 2 proceeded a cooler and drier air mass that has pushed all the way down to the middle of Nicaragua  The image shows the boundary between the cooler air in blue and the more tropical air to the south. The mid west US are experiencing some unseasonably cold weather with snow.

Today was another hot day similar to yesterday. A storm cell has developed north of Belmopan. Right now at 8:50 PM we are having strong gusts of wind. There is some signs of lightening and there was a heavy rain shower for about 7 minutes around 9 PM. There is a strong wind shear from the SW tearing the top off this cell and this may limit any further development. Rainfall from storm in Belmopan only about 7 mm. Heavier rain to the east and south.

This looks like a big storm but it is not. It is just a lot of water vapour in the upper air, very little of it is falling as rain. Total rainfall for the month of April for Belmopan was only 18 mm. Today was very hot, just over 100F. The landscape is turning a burnt brown colour. The total rainfall since the beginning of last November is only 58 cm or about 23 inches. Not a good situation.

Hot and dry weather of the dry season continues. Solar activity remains abnormally low.

A late season cold front passed across Belize last night. There was some lightening around but rainfall was scattered and very light in Belmopan. During the day there was a brief shower mid afternoon. Total rainfall for the period was only 9.0 mm. The hot, dry weather should return tomorrow. The total rainfall for the month of March 2013 was 63.5 mm or 2.5 inches which is a bit below normal.