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
Tuesday August 02, 2011
Today's weather is essentially a repeat of yesterday's. Skies will be partly sunny, with mid to high level cloudiness. Winds will be slightly lower in strength and from the E to ENE at 15 to 20 mph . The seas will continue to be choppy, at 2 to 4 feet in height or higher. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are still possible, especially late at night or early in the morning. They are associated with the remnants of a tropical wave which passed over this area yesterday.
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.
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| Fig 1 – Wind Forecast for 110802 |
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| Fig 2 - Wind Forecast Map, 110802_1500 LT |
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| Fig 3 - Forecast Map, Isobars, Cloud Cover and Precipitation 110802_1500 LT |
Yesterday afternoon Tropical Storm Emily formed from Invest 91. This morning, it is near 15.5N 64.0W or about 1300 miles E of the Bay Islands. It is moving W or 280 deg at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 35 kt with gusts to 45 kts. Minimum pressure is 1006 mb. Emily is forecast to move W-NW across the NE Caribbean through Wednesday, then into the SW North Atlantic Wednesday night. Currently, this storm poses no threat to us, but all interests here, should monitor its development.
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| Fig 4 - Graphicast |
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| Fig 5 - Tropical Surface Analysis |
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| Fig 6 - Water Vapor, early am_110802 |
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| Fig 7 - Caribbean IR Satellite, early am_110802 |
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| Fig 8 - TS Emily, NHC 3 day forecast track_110802_8am |
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| Fig 9 - TS Emily, computer model runs_110802_8am EDT |
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| Table 1 - TS Emily coordinatess_110802 |
The Tides: Moon and Sun
low tide 4:20 am LT Moon Rise –8:12 am LT
high tide 10:47 am LT Moon Set – 8:33 pm LT
low tide 4:48 am LT Sunrise – 5:29 am LT
high tide 10:28 pm LT Sunset – 6:18 pm LT
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