Roatan Weather Forecast for Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010

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For Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010

Today, it will be sunny with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. 

Winds will continue to be strong and from the N to NE: ranging in strength 

from 5 to 20 mph or higher. Waves will be 1 to 4 feet in height or higher. 

The surface low that formed yesterday, off Nicaragua, has been 

designated 98L. It is centered about 400 miles ESE of us and drifted west 

during the night. The NHC is giving this system a 60% chance of developing 

into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. 

It currently has maximum winds of 25 mph. The NHC is predicting that this 

system will reach us by Tuesday, possibly at tropical storm strength 

(35-60mph winds). It is moving in tandem with a surface trough which 

extends from SE Cuba to near Panama. 

In the 0600 GMT computer model run, there was little or no consensus 

among the models as to 98L’s path, except that it would continue traveling 

W to NW in direction.

It is my opinion, that unless the center of 98L gets above 15N latitude, in the

next 24 hours, it will follow the same general path as Matthew and make 

landfall in Nicaragua. 

Another tropical wave will reach this area by Thursday.

All interests in the Bay Islands should monitor the progress of this 

system for further development.

I will post again by no later than 4pm today.

Elsewhere in the tropics

Hurricane Otto remains in the Atlantic. It does not pose a threat to us. Other tropical 

cyclone formation is not expected in the next 24 hours.

The air temperatures will be in the high 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C).

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 85F to 87F or 29C to 30C. Surface 

temperatures are lower and vary greatly due to the heavy rainfall which occurred last week.

The tides:                                                     Moon and Sun

low tide | 4:14 am LT                                 Moon Rise – 8:24 am LT

high tide | 11:30 am LT                              Moon Set – 7:04 pm LT

low tide |5:06 pm LT                                  Sunrise - 5:38 am LT

high tide |10:16 pm LT                                Sunset - 5:31 pm LT