The Most Rain During TS Sara Fell Over Middle Caye!

The National Met Service reports that Middle Caye bore the brunt of the rain from Tropical Storm Sara. This small coral island, one of four along Glover’s Reef in the Stann Creek District, was drenched with a staggering seventeen inches of rainfall. A forecaster told News Five today that Middle Caye received the lion’s share of the storm’s downpour.

 

Via phone: Francisca Wellington, Weather Forecaster

“San Ignacio for the Friday to Sunday, they recorded over three inches of rainfall. That goes for Santa Elena and Bullet Tree and then for Benque it’s over four inches. We have another station up in the Cayo District. It’s called Black Rock. It’s near the river and that recorded over four point five inches. In Belmopan there were six inches of rainfall from Friday to Sunday. We had over ten inches from Friday to Sunday and then out in the cayes. Middle Caye recorded over seventeen inches between Friday and Sunday. Remember now, the rain is not only occurring in the country of Belize. It was also occurring over in Guatemala and some of our rivers, especially the Macal River, Mopan River, this area. These rivers come from those areas as well over Guatemala. So all of that rainfall is coming down through our rivers.”