Roatan Weather Forecast for Thursday, Feb. 03, 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

Thursday Feb. 03, 2011

Early this morning, a cold front reaches from central Florida to the eastern Bay of Campeche, Mexico.

Fig 1 - Cold Front position early am_110203

 

 

Fig 2 - Cold Front Forecast Position_Fri 110204

It will enter the Yucatan Strait on Saturday, then stall and dissipate over the far NW Caribbean Sea on Sunday. Winds and seas swill begin to diminish on Friday. Another cold front is expected to move off the Texas coast late Sunday night.

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast_110203

Today skies will be sunny with a few high level clouds. Wind will be mostly E to SE at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. Occasionally, wind and seas may be higher. These conditions will prevail through today.

Fig 4 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110203

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 2:32 am LT                                       Moon Rise –6:32 am LT

high tide 9:09 am LT                                                   Moon Set – 6:28 pm LT

low tide 3:14 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:17 am LT

high tide 9:04 pm LT                                                  Sunset - 5:45 pm LT