Roatan Weather Forecast for Saturday, July 02, 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

Saturday July 02, 2011

Skies will be partly sunny with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds continue to be strong and easterly at 20 to 25 mph. They will begin to decrease late this evening. The seas are still rough at 3 to 6 feet. A tropical wave is forecast to reach here by Tuesday. Strong east winds will persist through today. Trade winds will begin to decrease in strength on Sunday. Else where tropical storm formation is not expected in the next 24 hours.

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (C). 

At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 84F or 28C to 29C . Visibility is generally 60 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 - Forecast Wind Speed, Direction & Precipitation_110702

(Please note the change in units of measure)

Fig 2 - Forecast WindMap_110702, 1500LT

Fig 3 - Forecast Isobars, Cloud Cover and Precipitation_110702, 1500LT

Fig 4 - Graphicast

Fig 5 - Tropical Surface Analysis, early am_110702

Fig 6 - Alternate Tropical Surface Analysis, early am_110702

Fig 7 - Caribbean IR_110702

Fig 8 - Water Vapor, early am_110702

Fig 9 - Wind Speed, yesterday at the Roatan Airport_110702

The Tides:                                                  Moon and Sun

low tide 3:14 am LT                                       Moon Rise –6:29 am LT

high tide 8:44 am LT                                                  Moon Set – 7:38 pm LT

low tide 3:23 pm LT                                              Sunrise – 5:19 am LT

high tide 9:49 pm LT                                                Sunset – 6:23 pm LT

Current Moon Phase - Waxing Crescent, 1% of Full