Roatan Weather Forecast for Wednesday, Jan. 26, 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

Wednesday Jan. 26, 2011

This morning, a cold front lies from Eastern Apalachee Bay, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle to the N Central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It will move into the NW Caribbean Sea today. 

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position early am_110126

This front will become stationary from central Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras by late Wednesday. It will remain in place through Thursday and dissipate by Friday.

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast_110126

Today, expect skies to be mostly cloudy. There maybe strong winds and severe thunderstorms ahead of and immediately behind the frontal boundary. Rain and squalls will be intermittent. Winds will vary in direction, clocking around from ESE to S and W; before becoming north westerly. Wind strength will be 5 to 15 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet. Both wind and seas maybe higher locally.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110126

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 4:00 am LT                                      Moon Rise –12:38 am LT

low tide 9:33 am LT                                                   Moon Set – 11:22 am LT

high tide 2:37 pm LT                                     Sunrise – 6:18 am LT

low tide 10:01 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:41 pm LT

Forecaster: Doc Radawski