RTB Weather Forecast for Friday, Feb. 04, 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

Friday Feb. 04, 2011

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

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position, early am_110204

Later, it will drift south and enter the Yucatan Strait on Saturday. On Sunday, it will stall and dissipate over the far NW Caribbean Sea. Then, another cold front will enter the NW Caribbean on Monday. It will reach from E. Cuba to E. Honduras by late Monday. There it will stall and dissipate on Tuesday.

Caribbean Graphicast - Fri 110204

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. Winds and seas will continue to gradually diminish through tomorrow and Sunday. 

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110204

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 3:01 am LT                                       Moon Rise –7:05 am LT

high tide 9:30 am LT                                                   Moon Set – 7:11 pm LT

low tide 3:47 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 6:17 am LT

high tide 9:44 pm LT                                                  Sunset - 5:46 pm LT