RTB Weather Forecast Monday, Jan. 03, 2011

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

Monday Jan. 03, 2011

Again today, skies will be mostly sunny. Winds will be diurnal and E to NE at 5 to 15 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet. Wind and seas will continue to decrease. Scattered isolated, showers are possible later today.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110103

This morning, the cold front lies from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche. It has stalled out and is dissipating. A new cold front will enter the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and merge with the remnants of the first front. Then on Friday, this system will be reinforced by still another cold front. These features will dominate our weather for this week.

Fig 2 - Cold Front Position 110103_earl  Mon. morning

Fig 3 - Tropical Atlantic Graphicast_110103

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 1:55aam LT                                    Moon Rise –5:34 am LT

high tide 8:45 am LT                                               Moon Set – 5:02 pm LT

low tide 2:35 pm LT                                    Sunrise – 6:15 am LT

high tide 7:59 pm LT                                               Sunset - 5:28 pm LT