General Decrease in Rainfall Expected on Carnival Saturday

According to the National Met Service, the central and northern areas of Belize received the most rain between nine p.m. on Thursday night and midday today. Belize City received over five inches of rain. The good news is that the showers have decreased. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected over the next twelve to eight hours. But the good news is that a general decrease in showers is expected on Saturday.

 

Shanea Young, Senior Climatologist, National Meteorological Service

“For the next eight to twelve a few showers, isolated thunderstorms and periods of rain, but mostly over coastal and northern areas tonight and tomorrow morning. And then during the course of the day tomorrow, a general decrease in showers is expected. We can still get up to about two to four inches of rainfall between now and tomorrow morning, and then conditions become a little less moist with showers decreasing over the area.”

 

Britney Gordon

“ As you mentioned, Belize City is experiencing the most rainfall, we can expect this to persist tomorrow as well? And if so, what areas specifically in Belize City?”

 

Shanea Young

“The rains and also the showers, Belize City is very small in the Belize District. So it’s the entire Belize District that got the most rainfall. But In terms of the showers, basically, especially the ones that have passed us, they cover the entire city. So both the north and the south side of the city has received around almost the same amount. Slightly less on the southern portions of the city with the areas near Port of Belize and the Coastal getting around one hundred sixty millimeters while on the north side. That was the area that got the 138 millimeters. And so tonight into tomorrow, there is no differentiation between which parts of the city should get at least light rain tonight into tomorrow. But like I mentioned after tomorrow morning, shower activity across the country, not just in the city, should start to decrease. As we go into the weekend.”

 

Britney Gordon

“So when you say tomorrow morning, around what time do you mean? Because as we know, we have activities very early on in the morning as well. So can we expect heavy rainfall during those as well?”

 

Shanea Young

“It’s still possible, but not as much. So by the afternoon, it should clear up. By, I would say maybe like by nine o’clock or so tomorrow morning, the significant shower activity should decrease.”