| Belize Could See Hurricane Or Tropical Storm By Monday |
| Wed, November 13, 2024 |
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Tonight, you may not know it, but Belize is under an unprecedented mid November storm threat. Tropical Disturbance 19 is hovering off the coast of Central America and at this hour hurricane and tropical storm watches have been issued for portions of Honduras and Nicaragua.
Right now what is being called "Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen" is expected to become Tropical Storm Sara and the government of Honduras has issued a Hurricane Watch from Punta Castilla eastward to the Honduras/Nicaragua Border, while the government of Nicaragua has issued a Tropical Storm Watch from the Honduras/Nicaragua Border southward to Puerto Cabezas.
Presently the system is only presenting sustained winds of 30 miles per hour and is moving west. But, over the next few days, it is expected to meander in this area off the northern coast of Honduras and slowly strengthen.
The system is forecast to become a tropical storm on Thursday and continue strengthening as it moves near the coast of Central America.
The track is unclear due to atmospheric conditions but the national hurricane center believes it will make landfall in Belize as a tropical cyclone, possibly on Monday afternoon.
NEMO will have a press briefing tomorrow morning.
Belize has never in its recorded history seen a storm so late in the year. Hurricane Lisa made landfall on November second, 2022, one of only two hurricanes to hit the country in November.
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