Roatan Weather Forecast for Thursday, Mar. 10, 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

Thursday Mar. 10, 2011

Again, today skies will be mostly sunny with some mid to high level cloudiness possible. Winds will be E to SE at 10 to 15 mph. The seas will be 2 to 4 feet in height. Winds and seas will decrease later today with the approaching cold front. Winds will resume their normal easterly flow by late Saturday.

Fig 1 – Forecast Wind Speed & Direction_110310

Early this morning the cold front, which moved off the Texas coast yesterday, extends from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche. This afternoon, it will reach from Tampa Bay to the Yucatan peninsula. By Friday, it will be on a line from east central Cuba to northern Belize and then begin to dissipate as it moves SE towards us.

Winds ahead and behind this front are gale force and strong at 20 to 25 mph. Intermittent

 rain may occur as this front passes and dissipates.

Fig 2 - Cold Front Position, early am_110310

Fig 3 - Caribbean Graphicast_110310

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

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

high tide 1:43 am LT                                       Moon Rise –9:29am LT

low tide 6:39 am LT                                                 Moon Set – 10:47 pm LT

high tide 11:15 am LT                                     Sunrise – 5:59 am LT

low tide 7:24 pm LT                                                Sunset - 5:56 pm LT