Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday, Jan. 21, 2011

Roatan Weather Forecast

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

and

CoCoView Resort, www.cocoviewresort.com, 800-282-8932

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

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Friday Jan. 21, 2011

Today, skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be light, at 5 to 15 mph and variable from the SW to S. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet. 

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110121

 

This morning, the cold front was on a line from Florida to the Bay of Campeche.

Fig 2 - Cold Front Position_early am 110121

This cold front will enter the NW Caribbean Sea on Saturday. By Sunday it will be on a line from Belize to Eastern Cuba. It is expected to dissipate on Sunday. 

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast_110121

 Another cold front will move off the Texas coast late Sunday. This front may reach us by next Wednesday.

The air temperatures will be in the low 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 25 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 76F to77F or 25C or lower.

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 3:32 am LT                                       Moon Rise –7:43 pm LT

high tide 9:39 am LT                                                   Moon Set – 7:35 am LT

low tide 4:00 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:18 am LT

high tide 10:10 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:39 pm LT