Roatan Weather Forecast for Sat. 110101

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

Saturday Jan. 01, 2011

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be diurnal and easterly at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Occasionally, both wind and seas will be higher. Wind and seas will begin to decrease on Saturday and Sunday in advance of the approaching cold front.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110101

Late Friday, a cold front moved off the Texas coast. There are strong north winds behind the front. It will reach from Mobile Bay, AL to Vera Cruz, Mexico by late Saturday. And by late Sunday, it will lie from Big Bend, FL to the Bay of Campeche. It is expected to stall out and start to dissipate by late Monday.

Fig 2 - Infrared loop_early am_110101

Fig 3 - Tropical Graphicast 110101

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 78F or 24C .

The tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 12:39aam LT                                   Moon Rise –3:42 am LT

high tide 7:31 am LT                                               Moon Set – 3:09 pm LT

low tide 1:16 pm LT                                    Sunrise – 6:15 am LT

high tide 6:33 pm LT                                              Sunset - 5:27 pm LT