But, as we can see from the shape of it -in this storm, like so many others - the heavy conviction seems to be concentrated on the north side of it. So which communities will feel the real impact? Here's what Gordon said:

Ronald Gordon, Chief MET Officer
"Official forecast is for the system to make landfall at wind speeds of 60 miles per hour. I like to give a little variance to that. So let's say 60 to 70 or even minor or category one. If the waters are warm enough and if the time is long enough, it has enough time to keep up to see over those waters. There's always a small chance it could identify a bit further or stronger than what the official forecast is going for. But let's keep with the official. Based on what is the official forecast is saying, it will make landfall somewhere between Dangriga and Placencia like I said, which means that the strong tropical storm force winds, which are about between 50 to 73 miles per hour will occur pretty much near the center, about 20 to 25 miles near that center. The weaker tropical storm force winds for persons in Belize City and further north will be about 39 mile per hour and 50 mile per hour. And that's what Belize City residents would experience."

"Most of this in my estimates would be in gust, especially in north of Belize could sustain, could get tropical storm force winds, not sustained, but in gust during showers and thunderstorms. So that's what we expect in terms of winds."