Roatan Weather Forecast for Saturday, Jan. 29, 2010

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

Saturday Jan. 29, 2011

The frontal trough which caused yesterday's rain, remains in place.

Fig 1 - Frontal Trough Position early am_110129

This cooler, high pressure air is expected to shift E tonight, allowing for a more normal E to SE air flow to resume.

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast 110129

A cold front will push into the NW Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday.

Again today, expect skies to be mostly cloudy. There may be intermittent rain and squalls. Wind will be mostly E to NE at 10 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110129

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

high tide 6:41 am LT                                       Moon Rise –2:34 am LT

low tide 12:29 pm LT                                                 Moon Set – 2:00 pm LT

high tide 5:48 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:18 am LT

low tide 12:39 am LT                                                 Sunset - 5:43 pm LT

Forecaster: Doc Radawski