Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday January 27, 2012

Roatan Weather Forecast

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NW Caribbean Sea


My apologies for the late post today.

Friday January 27, 2012

Today, skies will be sunny with increasing cloudiness. Seas will be at 2 to 4 feet in height or less. Winds will be ESE to ENE in direction at 15 to 20 mph, early in the day; then decreasing to less than 10 mph this afternoon and evening. There is a chance for late evening, early morning showers.

This morning, a cold front extending from Apalachicola, Florida southwest to the NW Yucatan peninsula will reach from Fort Myers, Florida to NE Yucatan Peninsula by early this evening...then stall and weaken from Florida Keys to across the Yucatan Channel to NE Yucatan Peninsula Saturday and Sunday night.

Fig 1 – Today's Wind Forecast

Fig 2 – Today's Graphicast

Fig 3 – Today's Cold Front Position_early am

Fig 4 – Today's Cold Front Position_1:45pm CST

The air temperatures will range from the mid to high 70s (ºF) to the low to mid 80s (ºF) or 21ºC to 29ºC.

Ocean water temperatures are about 78ºF or 24ºC. Visibility is generally 20 to 60 feet.

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 5:07 am LT                        Moon Rise – 9:03 am LT

high tide 11:22 am LT                      Moon Set – 9:36 pm T

low tide 6:15 pm LT                        Sunrise – 6:18 am LT

high tide 12:59 pm LT                      Sunset – 5:42 pm LT