Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday, Mar. 11, 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 Mar. 11, 2011

This morning a cold front, reaches from the Bay Islands of Honduras to central Cuba. It will continue to move slowly SE and dissipate through Sunday. By tonight, the front will be on a line from E. Cuba to Cape Gracias Adios, Honduras. This front will dominate our weather through the weekend

Fig 1 - Cold Front Position, early am_110311

Today skies will be mostly cloudy. Winds will be N to NE at 10 to 15 mph. The seas will be 1 to 4 feet in height. Expect intermittent rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. Winds will begin to resume their normal easterly flow by late Saturday.

Fig 2 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110311

Fig 3 - Atlantic Graphicast_110311

The air temperatures will range from the mid to high 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 27 (C). For divers, with wind chill, temperatures may feel like the high 60's when exiting the water.
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 80F or 26C .

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 3:05 am LT                                       Moon Rise –10:19am LT

low tide 8:11 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 11:42 pm LT

high tide 1:17 pm LT                                      Sunrise – 5:58 am LT

low tide 8:36 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:57 pm LT