RTB Weather Forecast for Sunday, Feb. 06, 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

Sunday Feb. 06, 2011

Cold fronts will continue to dominate our weather this week.

The cold front in the Gulf of Mexico, stretches from Fort Meyers, FL to the NE Yucatan Peninsula and remains nearly stationary. It will dissipate today.

Fig 1 - EhIr Caribbean Sea early am_Sun 110206

Fig 2 - Caribbean Sea, cold front position & wind direction_early am, Sun 110206

Another cold front will enter the Gulf of Mexico late tonight. By Monday, it will reach from Tampa Bay, FL to the NE Yucatan Peninsula. 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 the Florida Panhandle to the NE Yucatan Peninsula by Thursday night.

Skies will be sunny with high level clouds. Wind will be mostly E to SE at 10 to 15 mph. Later today, wind and seas will increase in strength. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet. 
 

Fig 3 – Forecast Speed & Direction_110206

Fig 4 - Caribbean Graphicast 110206

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 4:07 am LT                                  Moon Rise –8:15 am LT

high tide 10:10 am LT                             Moon Set – 8:44 pm LT

low tide 5:05 pm LT                              Sunrise – 6:16 am LT

high tide 11:29 pm LT                   Sunset - 5:47 pm LT

Forecaster: Doc Radawski