Roatan Weather Forecast for Monday, Mar. 21, 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

Monday Mar. 21, 2011

Today is the vernal equinox and marks the traditional beginning of “spring” in the Northern Hemisphere. Ocean temperatures will begin to slowly climb as the days lengthen and insolation loading increases. Skies will be partly sunny with mid to high level clouds. Winds will continue to be strong to moderate from the E to NE at 15 to 20 mph. The seas will be rough and 3 to 5 feet in height. Look for winds and seas to moderate some on Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a possibility of early morning and late night showers.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110321

 

 

Fig 2 - Graphicast_110321

Fig 3 - Water Vapor_early am 110321

Fig 4 - Tropical Atlantic_early am_110321

The air temperatures will range from the mid to high 70s (F) to the low 80s or 24 to 27 (C).
At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 80F or 26C . 

Visibility at depth is 40 to 60 feet. I will post more on visibility in the near future.

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 3:54 am LT                                        Moon Rise –8:13 pm LT

high tide 9:21 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 7:05 am LT

low tide 4:10 pm LT                                       Sunrise – 5:51 am LT

high tide 11:10 pm LT                                              Sunset - 5:58 pm LT