Roatan Weather Forecast for Wed., Feb 02, 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 Feb. 02, 2011

Early this morning, the strong cold front which pushed into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, stretches from Florida to the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. 

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position, early am_110202

Part of it, will continue to slowly move SE, entering the NW Caribbean Sea on Saturday. Winds and seas should begin to diminish by late Thursday. This cold front will dominate our weather through the weekend.

Fig 2 - Caribbean Graphicast_110202

Again, today, expect skies to be mostly 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 Thursday.

Fig 3 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110202

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 2:06 am LT                                       Moon Rise –5:49 am LT 

high tide 8:45 am LT                                                Moon Set – 5:35 pm LT

low tide 2:44 pm LT                                       Sunrise – 6:17 am LT

high tide 8:27 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:45 pm LT