Roatan Weather Forecast for Friday, August 26, 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 16.4°N Latitude x 86.4°W Longitude

In the

NW Caribbean Sea

Friday August 26, 2011

Again, the weather today is a replay of yesterday's. Skies will be mostly sunny with mid to high level clouds. There is a very slight chance of early morning or late evening squalls and thunderstorms. While Hurricane Irene is not directly impacting the Caribbean...its large light to moderate cyclonic flow will cover the entire basin through Friday.. Winds will continue to be moderate to light at 5 to 10 mph or less. They will be highly variable in direction. Seas will be calm at 1 to 3 feet. Expect these weather conditions to hold through this weekend.

The air temperatures will be in the 80s to the mid 90s (F) or 27 to 32 (C). In the sun, without the east winds, it will feel like 100 degrees plus. At depth, ocean water temperatures are about 82F to 86F or 28C to 30C . Visibility is generally 60 to 80 feet.

Fig 1 - Wind and Rain Forecast_110826

The Tropical Weather Outlook

Hurricane Irene is moving away from the Bahamas as a Cat 3 hurricane and is headed for the Carolinas It has sustained winds of 110 mph, gusting to 135 mph. Invest 98L has dissipated. TD 10 is at 14.5 N latitude x 33.7W longitude. This position is approximately 3500 E and 90 miles S of us. It is still moving W-NW at 9 mph. Until it gets well above 16N, this systems bears watching.

None of these systems currently pose a threat to us. However, since we are approaching the peak (Sept 10) of the hurricane season, all interests in the Bay Islands and on the north coast of Honduras should continue, to closely monitor the weather and prepare for future storms.

Fig 2 - Tropical Weather Forecast_110826

Fig 3 - Graphicast_110826

Fig 4 - Irene Track

Fig 5 - Irene Track and Forecast Track_110826

The Tides: Moon and Sun

low tide 12:22 am LT          Moon Rise – 2:58 am LT

high tide 6:14 am LT          Moon Set – 4:06 pm LT

low tide 12:37 am LT          Sunrise – 5:33 am LT

high tide 6:55 pm LT          Sunset – 6:04 pm LT