Roatan Weather Forecast for Sun. 110102

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

Sunday Jan. 02, 2011

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be diurnal and E to NE at 10 to 15 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet. Wind and seas will decrease in advance of the approaching cold front. Scattered showers are possible later today.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110102

This morning the cold front lies from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche. It is expected to stall out and start to dissipate by late Monday. This feature will dominate our weather for the next day or so.

Fig 2 - Water Vapor and Cold Front Position_110102_early am

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 1:20aam LT                                     Moon Rise –4:40 am LT

high tide 8:09 am LT                                                Moon Set – 4:04 pm LT

low tide 1:56 pm LT                                     Sunrise – 6:15 am LT

high tide 7:17 pm LT                                               Sunset - 5:27 pm LT