Monthly Weather Summary

NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF BELIZE

TWO WEAK AND DISSIPATING FRONTAL SYSTEMS CROSSED THE COUNTRY ON THE 5^TH AND 11^TH OF NOVEMBER WITH ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL MAINLY OVER THE SEA; AND A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE COUNTRY DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 27^TH PRODUCING SHOWERS OVER MOST AREAS DURING THE PRECEEDING DAY. OTHERWISE, THE PREVAILING NORTHEASTERLY AIRFLOW WAS GENERALLY MOIST AND CONVERGENT, WHILE THE EASTERLIES AND EAST-SOUTHEASTERLIES WERE MOSTLY DRY.

THE MONTH STARTED WITH A NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA AND BELIZE ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS. A WEAK COLD FRONT BECAME STATIONARY OVER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND NE YUCATAN THEN DISSIPATED ON THE 2^ND DAY. RAINFALL WAS HEAVIEST IN THE NORTH, WITH LIBERTAD AND TOWER HILL BOTH RECORDING OVER ONE INCH OF RAINFALL. A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SOME AREAS ON THE 3^RD AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUED SOMEWHAT MOIST AND CONVERGENT. THIS TIME CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS RECEIVED RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH. THE 4^TH SAW CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SEA AND SOME PARTS F THE COAST, AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT REACHED NORTHERN YUCATAN. THE LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE SEA THE NEXT DAY, AS THE TAIL END OF THE WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM DRIFTED SOUTH OVER BELIZE AND COASTAL WATERS. BY THE 6^TH, A FEW SHOWERS WERE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS, AS THE WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM DISSIPATED ALTOGETHER. DAILY RAINFALL FOR THOSE THREE DAYS WAS LIGHT AND LESS THAN ONE FIFTH OF AN INCH AT ANY LOCATION. THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FAIR ON THE 7^TH WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY. A RIDGE FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA PRODUCED A DIFFLUENT EASTERLY AIRFLOW OVER OUR AREA. SHOWERS REMAINED ISOLATED ON THE 8^TH, BUT SKIES BECAME CLOUDY AT TIMES, WHILE THE RIDGE CONTINUED TO DOMINATE AT THE SURFACE.

A NORTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPED AT THE LOWER LEVELS ON THE 9^TH, AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER SOME AREAS ON THE 9^TH AND 10^TH; WHILE TROPICAL STORM SEAN MEANDERED OVER THE ATLANTIC NEAR 30N/70W. RAINFALL WAS MINIMAL ON THOSE TWO DAYS. A NORTH TO NORTHEAST SURFACE FLOW PREVAILED ON THE 11^TH AND 12^TH ;WHILE A FEW SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT RAIN AFFECTED MAINLY THE SEA AND SOME COASTAL AREAS, AS THE WEAK AND DIFFUSE TAIL END OF THE FRONTAL STSTEM DRIFTED SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF BELIZE DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 11^TH . PUNTA GORDA RECORDED HALF AN INCH ON THE 11^TH, AND LA DECMCRACIA AND MIDDLESEX GOT ALMOST AN INCH ON THE 12^TH .THE NEXT THREE DAYS WERE MAINLY FAIR AND DRY, AND GRADUALLY BECAME WARMER AS THE RIDGE LIFTED OUT OF THE NW CARIBEAN SEA AND THE FLOW VEERED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST BY THE 15^TH. THE 16^TH WAS ALSO FAIR AND DRY, EVEN THOUGH THE FLOW BACKED UP A BIT TO THE EAST. HERSHEY AND MAYAKING DID, HOWEVER, RECORD MORE THAN THREE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN RESPECTIVELY ON THE 16^TH.

THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS (17^TH -23^RD) SAW A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER SOME AREAS EACH DAY, AS TRANSIENT RIDGES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO MAINTAINED A SOMEWHAT MOIST AND CONVERGENT EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA AND BELIZE. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ON SOME DAYS OF THAT SEVEN DAY PERIOD. CONDITIONS BECAME DRY ON THE 24^TH AND 25^TH EVEN AS A COLD FRONT STALLED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND DISSIPATED. SOME MOISTURE AND A FEW SHOWERS RETURNED ON THE 26^TH WHEN A LIGHT EASTERLY AIRFLOW PREVAILED. PUNTA GORDA RECORDED MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN. AN APPOACHING COLD FRONT PRODUCED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH DURING THE MORNING OF THE 27^TH. THESE THEN SPREAD TO MOST AREAS DURING THE REST OF THE DAY AND EVENING, BEFORE THE COLD FRONT CROSSED THE COUNTRY DURING THE NIGHT. RANFALL RANGED FROM TWO TO MORE THAN THREE INCHES OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AREAS. THE 28^TH WAS MAINLY FAIR, COOL AND WINDY WITH SOME RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS; AND THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE FAIR, COOL AND DRY, AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO MAINTAINED A COOL AND DRY NORTHWESTERLY AIRFLOW OVER OUR AREA.