Roatan Weather Forecast for Saturday, Feb. 05, 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 Feb. 05, 2011

The cold front in the Gulf of Mexico, which now stretches from the Florida Panhandle to the eastern Bay of Campeche, Mexico remains nearly stationary. It will dissipate on Sunday.

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position early am_110205

Another cold front will enter the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and reach the NW Caribbean Sea by Monday. It is forecast to lie on a line from E. Cuba to E. Honduras by Tuesday. Then it will stall and dissipate on Wednesday. A third cold front will move off the Texas coast late Wednesday. It will extend from SE Louisiana to near Tampico, Mexico by Wednesday night. 

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast Sat 110205

 

Today skies will be sunny with a few high level clouds. Wind will be mostly E to NE at 10 to 15 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Winds and seas will continue to gradually diminish through today and early Sunday.
 

Fig 3 – Forecast Speed & Direction_110205

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

low tide 3:32 am LT                                       Moon Rise –7:40 am LT

high tide 9:50 am LT                                                   Moon Set – 7:58 pm LT

low tide 4:42 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:16 am LT

high tide 10:29 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:46 pm LT