Interview Transcript
But first, a tropical disturbance that's heading straight for Belize is expected to produce some heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours. No, it's not a tropical depression or a tropical storm - but it will produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the next 24 hours along with intense thunderstorms and lightning tonight along with gusty winds and rough sea conditions.
Here's more about this heavy weather from the Chief Met Officer:
Ronald Gordon, Chief MET Officer
"The system is expected to produce significant rainfall across the country."
"In my calculation and based on the forecast models, the axis of this wave will cross the country early tomorrow morning between midnight and 6:00 in the morning. However, the effects of the wave, the rainfall will begin affecting the country from later this evening into tonight, intensify throughout the night into tomorrow morning."
Jules Vasquez
"Are you able to say where the showers will be most concentrated, what part of the country?"
Ronald Gordon, Chief MET Officer
"The GFS global forecasting system is indicating that the central and northern parts of the country will see the bulk of the rainfall, while another model shows rainfall more concentrated over the south, therefore, that gives us some level of uncertainty. So the best thing for us to say is for the entire country to be prepared for intense rainfall."
Intense rainfall. But will it stretch into Saturday - which is carnival day in the city?
We asked Gordon:
Ronald Gordon, Chief MET Officer
"Decreasing on Saturday. So the good news for, the activities on Saturday that, is that the rainfall will not be as heavy, as it will be tonight and tomorrow."
"However, on Saturday, it is still early Saturday morning, in particular, the forecast indicates that we will have another rainfall. I cannot say for certain if during the particular event, or carnival road march, so to speak, it's gonna be raining, but we do know that there will be moisture lingering behind. It should be west of us by then, but we see moisture lingering behind."
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