Roatan Weather Forecast for Monday, Dec. 27, 2010

Roatan Weather Forecast

As presented by Radio Roatan, FM 101.1 or www.roatanradio.com

 CoCoView is at 16.3°N Latitude x 86.5°W Longitude

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Monday Dec. 27, 2010

Today, skies will be mostly cloudy. Winds will be N to NW at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet.

Our weather continues to be dominated by cold fronts. This morning the cold front was to the south of us. It was on a line from the eastern Cuba to Nicaragua and still moving SE.

Fig 1 - Cold  front position Monday morning_101227

Skies will gradually clear behind the front, as it continues to slowly dissipate. 

Fig 2 - Forecasted cold front position_101227

 

By late today, winds will begin to resume their easterly flow. They will be strong at 15 to 20 mph with occasional higher gusts.

Fig 3 - Forecasted wind strength and direction for 101227 and 101228

The next cold front is expected to move off the Texas coast on Friday.

The air temperatures will be in the low 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C). With a wind chill factor, air temperatures will feel like it is in the mid 60s.

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 79F or 25C .

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 2:40 am LT                                     Moon Rise –11:48 pm LT

low tide 8:19 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 11:07 am LT

high tide 1:48 pm LT                                    Sunrise – 6:13 am LT

low tide 8:53 pm LT                                                 Sunset - 5:24 pm LT